| A: | Have you ever suspected that some texts are respected since they are in languages few people understand? |
| B: | That doesn't explain it – there's more at work. Just as the Torah needs an ark and lots of other paraphenlia, works such as the Tripitaka both foster and are fostered by a community of those who have taken vows and all the paraphenlia that goes with that. |
| C: | It seems a book only "lives" as long as it is taken to heart and practiced. Today many sacred texts seem essentially dead. |
| B: | Every book has a lifespan - just as every person, yet as long as there is even one believer we can't say that book is dead. |
| D: | With faith and practice, the teachings of any book can come back to life. Don't give up hope . . . people are hungering for spirituality. |
| A: | You guys confuse books with essential teachings. Essential teaching require no books – just committed beings to transmit them . . . |
