Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into…

Alan Watts
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Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it. ✨ Alan Watts (1999). Buddhism the Religion of No-Religion, p.8, Tuttle Publishing
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Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it. ✨ Alan Watts (1999). Buddhism the Religion of No-Religion, p.8, Tuttle Publishing

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