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Article: Faith Q&A: What can I do to help my spiritual growth?
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- December 17, 2003
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READER'S QUESTION: What can I do to help my spiritual growth?
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Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddhist Center & Monastery, Kansas City, Mo.:
Different faith traditions find spirituality or the sacred in different realms of experience. The monotheistic faiths, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam, find the sacred in the history of covenanted community. The primal religions, including Native American spirituality, paganism and Wicca, find the sacred in the world of nature. And the Asian religions, including Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism, find the sacred in inner awareness.
First, we need to understand what is meant by the term ...