A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
Bio: Michael J. Meade D.H.L. is an author, mythologist, storyteller, and was a figure in the Men's Movement of the 1980s and 1990s. He continues to publish and teach to a broader audience, having distanced himself from the Men's Movement.