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AMAR VANI
religion is the water in it ; if sect is the flower, religion is the fragrance in it ; if sect is the fruit, religion is the juice in it. A sect bereft of religion is poison for the human race, and the earlier it given up, the better would it be for mankind.
Religion and Life
Religion and duty are not a feast to be enjoyed only on particular holy or festive days in the company of your friends. It is a daily food which you need in your day-today life. As a matter of fact, it is fresh air without which you cannot live even for a moment. Truth should be worshipped every day. Those who wait for the fullmoon or no-moon nights, or for particular days like Sundays or Tuesdays or Fridays for the worship of Truth can never really worship Truth. They worship only the semblance of Truth.
Dharma and Adharma
Inner consciousness is religion ; outer consciousness is negation of religion. This is the formula which can be further expanded thus : If you are advancing towards nonviolence, truth, continence, pity, compassion, forgiveness, good conduct, contentment, asceticism and renunciation, you are advancing towards religion. But if you drift away from these attributes of inner discipline and subjeci yourself to anger, vanity, greed, attachmenti hatred and animosity, you are drifting farther and farther away from religion. The real spirit of religion does not depend upon the observance of external rituals. It is found in the inner enlightenment of man. Inner consciousness and awakening is true religion, If your inner self remains asleep, it is a mark of Adharma.
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