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Speaking about the basic insights of religions, Dr.S.Radhakrishnan said,
Religion at their highest adopt a view of positive appreciation of other faiths." Rg. Veda has the following words : “Walk together, speak in concord; let your minds comprehend alike, let your efforts be united; let your hearts be in agreement, let your minds be united, that we all may be happy.'*$? (6) The Need for Religion
Religion, the moment we study and analyses the human predicament as well as the crisis of values and its result, appears to us as uncompromisingly most inevitable. Its role, further confirms, its importance.
It will be quite fair and agrecable to all to say that "mankind is today in the midst of the greatest crises in history. It is an undisputable fact that science has liberated the mankind from sertitude to nature, from poverty and ignorance. The world of machines has brought comforts and conveniences. The vast world has become a small family. Scientific inventions, the use of electricity, telephone, radio, television and computers have brought a revolution in human history. The discovery of solar and nuclear energy present a great possibilities of human progress. It is true that the scientific progress and development has brought a great relief and change." Yet what we find is a mankind much suffering from an inward loneliness. All growth is marked by pain...... tragedy. Humanity today faces the challenge of destiny. The progress in the material world has failed to bring mental peace and spiritual bliss. It has failed to make man feel contented and satisfied. Inspite of all the achievements in economical, social, cultural and scientific world, we see one and all perplexed at its failure to find love and satisfaction. “Only a living faith in God will enable man to overcome the paralysing sense of despair and create a less imperfect society.""$8
“The human individual consists of body, mind and spirit. Each requires its proper nutriments. The body is kept trim by food and exercise, the mind is informed by science and criticism, and the spirit is illumined by art and literature, philosophy and religion.” In a way, for the proper and creative moulding of the human society, the role
87. Reg-Veda (x-191). 88. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, The present Crisis of Faith (1987) p. 15. 89. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, East & West in Religion (1933) p. 45
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