Baasha
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"God", as defined by the desert myths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is puerile, dense, and simply illogical.
In fact, the entire definition of "religion" as is understood outside of the Dharmic faiths is idiotic.
Experience supersedes belief and faith. Religion, as a set of rules or a refuge that provides solace from the tribulations of life, is vastly different from the deeper questions of existentialism, purpose of life, and the 'why' question, ontologically speaking.
The Dharmic faiths, that is, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, give precedence to experience and make it amply clear that all "religion", rules, guidelines, and why, even all (book) knowledge (known as vijnAnA in Sanskrit) are impermanent and eventually have to be unlearned to realize the nature of reality and go back to the source of existence, called by various names.
One thing that is so irksome about the Abrahamic faiths is that their followers espouse "freedom", "free will" and other euphemistic terms while expecting everyone to acquiesce to their beliefs and/or way of life regardless of an individual's temperament, maturity, native intelligence, and likes and dislikes. This one size fits all attitude is vehemently opposed when it comes to social conditioning of any sort, however, when it comes to religion, Abrahamics are woefully blind in that regard. Real freedom is choosing how, when, where, if you want to worship at all, and most importantly, what to worship.
And, religion is the fragrance of philosophy; without the former, the latter is left to wither in the winds of the void. To those often claim the "spiritual but not religious" meme are deluded in thinking that a flower without its fragrance is just as sweet; nay, the fragrance is merely an extension of that beauty.
The perennial quest to find the purpose of life, contemplate on the grandeur of existence itself while maintaining good health of the body, mind, and emotions, is the purpose of religion in my opinion. In practice, that is Yoga.
In fact, the entire definition of "religion" as is understood outside of the Dharmic faiths is idiotic.
Experience supersedes belief and faith. Religion, as a set of rules or a refuge that provides solace from the tribulations of life, is vastly different from the deeper questions of existentialism, purpose of life, and the 'why' question, ontologically speaking.
The Dharmic faiths, that is, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, give precedence to experience and make it amply clear that all "religion", rules, guidelines, and why, even all (book) knowledge (known as vijnAnA in Sanskrit) are impermanent and eventually have to be unlearned to realize the nature of reality and go back to the source of existence, called by various names.
One thing that is so irksome about the Abrahamic faiths is that their followers espouse "freedom", "free will" and other euphemistic terms while expecting everyone to acquiesce to their beliefs and/or way of life regardless of an individual's temperament, maturity, native intelligence, and likes and dislikes. This one size fits all attitude is vehemently opposed when it comes to social conditioning of any sort, however, when it comes to religion, Abrahamics are woefully blind in that regard. Real freedom is choosing how, when, where, if you want to worship at all, and most importantly, what to worship.
And, religion is the fragrance of philosophy; without the former, the latter is left to wither in the winds of the void. To those often claim the "spiritual but not religious" meme are deluded in thinking that a flower without its fragrance is just as sweet; nay, the fragrance is merely an extension of that beauty.
The perennial quest to find the purpose of life, contemplate on the grandeur of existence itself while maintaining good health of the body, mind, and emotions, is the purpose of religion in my opinion. In practice, that is Yoga.
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