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INTRODUCTION
The Institute of religion can be analysed into three constituents namely--deity, scripture and the code of conduct. Every system though beginning with one of the above elements has formulated all the three in due course. For example the vedic religion developed around scriptures known as the Veda. It's conception of deity is not based on some philosophical truth but on the description found therein. Similarly the code of conduct also is not based on the principles of general morality, but on the injunctions therein. We may place Islam also in the same category. Having Quran as the supreme authority.
The religions of devotional character have deity as the central factor. They can be classified into the following groups :
(a) The systems admitting supernatural being as the controller of universe. It has two further developments. On one side we have the Upanishads where it is held as the essential reality underlying entire appearence. In this conception the approach is mainly philosophical. We proceed from diversity to unity; from appearence to reality; from phenomenal to neuminal. On the other side we have the systems admitting God as mere controller like a supreme monarch. He is not inherent in the world but directs it from outside according to his free will. In due course some systems have
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