Asia Downunder - Series 13, Episode 13

Cathedrals, temples, mosques and gurdwaras are places of worship providing solace to parched souls; but for the Asian communities, they're more than that.

– Presenter Melissa Lee introduces this episode on Asian religions

It’s a month of fasting, where we fast from dawn to dusk, and we abstain from food and drink. It’s important in the sense that it kind of gives you that discipline — that if you can abstain from the basic things in life like food and drink, then you can basically abstain from anything that you want to.

– Muslim Jafar Ahmed on the significance of Ramadan, early in this episode

Even universities provide prayer rooms, and even the airport has a prayer room, so any time I want to pray I can just go and pray over there.

– Zayd Ahmed on being Muslim in New Zealand

I think it's an important aspect of my life, this religion. Anywhere if I'm stuck or something, I just close my eyes and think about my God and my religion. 

– Sikh Jaspreet Kaur on her connection to the religion, in clip two

This is the simplest form of religion, in which you just accept what you get from God. A very practical way of practicing this religion is remember God, do good deeds and help the needy. 

– Sikh Rajvinder Singh on the fundamentals of Sikhism, early in clip two

Hinduism is a religion with many Gods: Krishna, Rama, and Lakshmi to name a few. But what many people don’t realise is that they are all one, just by different names. But the most fundamental is the trinity between Brahma, the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer.

– Reporter Caleigh Cheung introduces Hinduism, at the start of this episode

...he teaches us how we are all being blindfolded by what we see, what we hear, and what we think every day. And what he teaches us is how to actually untie this little knot and to see what's real  . . .  By unfolding the blindfold, I detach myself from anger, greed and stubbornness. And it helps me to find my true self, and from that, I can find true happiness. 

– Buddhist Rando Yuen on the teachings of the Buddha