A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead wh…

Alan Watts
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A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter. ✨ Alan Watts (2011). In My Own Way: An Autobiography, p.57, New World Library
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