Tao Te Ching

“In the tenth century BCE, the priests of India devised the Brahmodya competition, which would become a model of authentic theological discourse. The idea was to push language as far as it would go, until participants became aware of the ineffable... The winner was the contestant who reduced the others to silence. In that moment of silence, the Brahman was present... The aim of good theology is to help the audience to live for a while in that silence.”

— Karen Armstrong 1944 CE –
Champion of the Golden Rule and perennial philosophy
from The Case for God​