The British historian Arnold Toynbee once said that there are three conditions for a "higher religion": First, a higher religion teaches that mankind is imperfect, and therefore needs to be instructed and cultivated, and in particular to learn how to transcend the problem of death.
英國歷史學家湯恩比曾給「高級宗教」訂了三要件：第一，高級宗教認為人性不完美，所以要「修」、尤其要學習如何超越生死。