should religion be a private domain or public

Religionists take the moral high ground and regard atheists as morally deficient but when holy representatives abuse their positions for self enrichment or sexual or power abuse,then expect faith as no different from the faithless.

within or without

the journey within is more painful
than the journey without
to let go is a million times harder than to cling on
our attachment to people a  dead knot that is unwilling to unravel
free the mind
free our attachments

Lament by Qu Yuan

LiSao   Lament   

Lament

By Qu Yuan

Before old age o'ertake thee on thy way,
Life still is young; to profit turn thy day.
Spring is but brief, when cuckoos start to sing,
And flowers will fade that once did spread and spring."