...plain why it is that a child may have the same THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION 20 talents, features, or temperament as someone who died perhaps years before ... ...ing. I think there is no better way to describe it than with a poem from a thirteenth century Zen master, Dai-o Kokushi: There is a reality even prior... ...were equally aware of the moral bankruptcy of society and the never-ending tale of the rich getting fewer and richer while the poor became always more... ...am drunken in this world, That except of drunkenness and revelry I have no tale to 86. These letters in Arabic spell the Hebrew name of God. THE RELIG... ...nly a dramatic storyline is presented. Frequently the myths are reduced to fairy-tales and fables of lit- tle weight, stories such as “Why the crow is...