Community Quote by Diana L. Eck

“I will say that the power of being a stranger in someone else's religious community has its own lessons, really. It is something like the power of visiting another very happy extended family and being at their table.” quote by Diana L. Eck — Download Open image

“I will say that the power of being a stranger in someone else's religious community has its own lessons, really. It is something like the power of visiting another very happy extended family and being at their table.”

Diana L. Eck

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