When Siddhartha Gautama was born, he was clearly no ordinary infant. According to Buddhist texts, he raised his hand to the skies and declared, “In the heavens above and below the heavens, I am the world’s most honored one. I will free all beings from birth, old age, sickness and death.”…
Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation - by Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk - Publisher: Oxford University Press.