Bob Schwartz

I know quite a bit about three major religious traditions: Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity.

If asked to “identify” myself by tradition, I would say I am a Jew and a Buddhist, though the combination has its technical difficulties. I would say I am not a Christian, because of a core belief that I don’t subscribe to, though the words most attributable to Jesus are some of the wisest and most helpful uttered.

More and more, I see that Buddhism “makes sense”, or more precisely, makes things make sense.

Examine anything, from a rock to a painting to another person to yourself. You stand in one place. You move around. From one perspective you are not sure you get it. From another perspective, or another, it suddenly makes sense. Maybe some sense, maybe complete sense.

This is not the place to go into the strengths and value of any of these traditions or their sub-traditions. Also not the place to detail any particular elements of them. It is just to say that for me Buddhism is a perspective that constantly serves as a way of making sense and living a sensible life. Not every minute of every day of every week, etc. But frequently enough, and more frequently if/when I work at it.