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RATIONAL RELIGION soul of that foreign matter Mere knowledge of the laws of health of body cannot make it healthy and so mere knowlodge of the laws of health of soul cannot make it healthy, but in both cases you have to act according to those laws just as man is prone to temptations and the enjoyment of senses, yielding to which ruins his body, so does the yielding to temptations break his will power to resist the attachment of foreign matter which spoils the health of his soul
Man must therefore try to understand the basic properties of soul, the various influences that ruin its basic properties and other connected subjects, his knowledge must be backed by strong living faith or conviction which alone will encourage bim to act according to the laws of soul There lies the salvation of mankind This is what true religion teaches
This does not mean that he should neglect his body, because body is the vessel that contains the soul and he must also appreciate that rules relating to the health of body and soul are not contradictory but complimentary
The present trend is towards materialism at the cost of spiritualism, worship of matter at the cost of soul and this is taking the world to its doom Man must
y follow this trend, but must rise against it Only then man can survive as a man It has happened in the past-both mythological and historical Great souls have arisen in all climes and at all times who have raised the banner of revolt against the then current trends and saved humanity Mahavira and Buddha were such souls. If the world exists today as a civilized world, it is due to such great souls and not due to Alexander the Great or Changezkhan or due to Rockfellers or Fords or even to the army of great scientists and discoverers of atom or hydrogen or puclear bombs All of them have been instrumental only in degradingt he man
True religion-the science of soul must get its due recognition and religion should not be regarded as a separate compartment of life to be looked into at leisure or at certain periods or places only or in the observance of rtuals and ceremonies without understanding their purpose Religion is to be lived cvery moment of our life just as rules of health are to be observed throughout our lives and there is no need of introducing anything mysterious or mystic int Even the ntuals and coremonies that go in the name of religion are of any use only if they fulfil the purpose of reminding the man that besides his body, he has also a soul to care for and that he should take care that the qualities of soul are not ruined
If man is taught to take care of of his soul, along with his body, there will be no ill-will, no exploitation and no war and Peace will reign in the world Note -Sir Robert watson watt, the British Scientist said that Chemists have deve
loped a toxic substance weighing only eight ouncees that could kill every human being on our planet" and this is only one of the biochemists' chamber of horror. Profe-sor Mikhail Dubluajn of the Institute of physical Chemistry in Moscow said, "It is well known to us scientists that by now even more lethal Chemical and bacteriological weapons have been created which, in case of a new war, might be used as a means of apibilation (Amrita Bazar Patrica, 27th Agust 1959
| SR No. | 010772 |
| Book Title | Ratnamuni Smruti Granth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijaymuni Shastri, Harishankar Sharma |
| Publisher | Gurudev Smruti Granth Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1964 |
| Total Pages | 687 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 21 MB |