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RELIGION & SCIENCE*
Hulaschand Golchha
The 'religion' I am referring to here is not Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity or Islam, but the “Dharma" or religion itself. Dharma or Religion cannot be labeled because dames refer to the sects only. Religion is the essence of life and the true religion is the Purification of soul. All the philosophies and rituals are centered around this essence of life. Therefore, there cannot be any difference of opinion among its followers in the essential elements of religion. The aim and destination of different religions are the same but only the path to reach there, are different according to their prescribed ideologies.
It is unfortunate that people quarrel on the rightfulness of their own path. It is an irony that even the learned people of religion are doing the greatest disservice to it by insisting on the dogmatic fundamentals rather than prioritising the truth which is imbibed in the basic principles of religion, may it be known by any name. Lord Mahavira, the last prophet of Jainism, said that "what I say is truth, but what others say might also be truth". This gives much larger dimension to the thinking and also gives freedom from "insistence". The true religion teaches us to strive for truth. There is a vast difference between what you believe and what you know. Believing is done by our heritage and by what we learn from the people who have experienced the truth. But unless and until we experience the truth by our own efforts it cannot be said that we know it. When we don't actually know and insist on just for what we believe in, then it becomes a reason to fight. Can this fight be considered as a part of the religion ? I understand that no religion or true sect ever teaches us to fight.
A man of science does not fight without any ground for belief. If you insist on something, you must prove it or else your fight will not sustain. You can go on insisting that what I believe is true but no body will be ready to believe you unless and until you prove it. Similarly, today's religion will attract the edu* Based on the speech delivered by self at the Seminar on Spiritua
lity and Religion organised at Kathmandu on 5 Oct. 1996,
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| SR No. | 524589 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 1996 10 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Parmeshwar Solanki |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1996 |
| Total Pages | 166 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 7 MB |