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EAST MEETS WEST
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EAST AND WEST 2
East Meets West
The story of evolution of world religions and the story of their spread and popularity is an
interesting one. Though world religions have gained the status of from their widespread
popularity; it must be noted that not all world religions have been able to appeal to the senses,
rationality, and emotions of people of every culture. This is the reason why much popular
religions like Hinduism and Buddhism, though having innumerable adherents across the globe,
have failed to succeed in the West. The primary reason behind this failure has been the
incapability of the concerned religions to appeal to the rationality, thought process and belief
systems of majority of Westerners who prefer to believe in the existence of a single monotheistic
God. But having said so, it must be noted that recent trend in the sphere of Western religious
beliefs have pointed to the fact that many Westerners are getting converted into religions that had
their inception in the Far East, and this emphasizes the point that though such religions seem
appealing to the senses and emotions of myriads of Westerners, for majority of Westerners the
philosophy of such religions are not easy to grasp. That is the reason why, still in the West, a
dilemma is reigning in respect of determining whether to accept religious views of Hinduism,
Buddhism, and other such religions or not.
The contradiction that exists between the teachings of Buddhism and the...