“The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description.”
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No reliable primary or scholarly source confirms this exact wording as Albert Einstein's. It is widely circulated under his name and is listed as commonly attributed.
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This wording, beginning "The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion.…," circulates under Einstein's name and focuses on religion, future, cosmic. No strong source for the exact text was found, so the page presents it as commonly attributed while still explaining its practical connection to spirituality and life.
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