Eck discusses many similarities that she found while exploring different religions in India; she says, on page 2, “Religious traditions are far more like rivers than stones” (Eck 2003, 1). In this statement, Eck uses ‘river’ as a metaphor to describe how religions move to all different places, and they are not just stuck in one place. She also says how religions are always passed on to following generations, and that is how all religions are carried on (Eck 2003, 1). On page 8, Eck talks about a man who she met while in India, his name was Achyut Patwardhan (Eck 2003, 1). Eck described Patwardhan as a man who she felt had the same qualities as many Christian people she knew but Patwardhan was not a Christian man; he did not belong to any religion, he was a man who did not care for labels (Eck 2003, 1).…