Relation Between Religion And Philosophy

Author(s): Jitendra S Jetly
Publisher: Jitendra S Jetly

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some good aim and the founder of the system in his own time wanted to check and remedy the corruption that had entered into the particular prevailing system in his own days. Thus the founders of the great philosophical systems in India were not merely the great philosophers but to some extent they were social reformers too. To do something good to the society and to bring society to the right religious path was their real aim. In the beginning these philosophers had good followers also but by passing of the time, blind followers and some knave followers with their wrong understanding and corrupt behaviour had marred the inner heart of their philosophies. Thus when some thinkers state that religions have destroyed India then it is not the correct statement. The followers of the religious sects instead of observing religion in its broad sense interpreted their own religion in the wrong way and stressed upon of their particular systems e.g. The followers of iar systems would do daily नित्यकर्म like सन्ध्यावन्दन and अग्निहोत्र etc. in his daily life. Similarly, followers of Jain and Bauddha system also would do faza like prayer and going to their temples etc., but the daily religious action stopped there and there. In fact, every philosophy has some cardinal principles of daily life. Not to tell a lie, not to deceive anybody, not to injure any creature and so on. but these cardinal principles of religions are not observed by the people who follow the particular religion based on that philosophical system. I would like to quote great Sankarācārya in this connection. He in his ब्रह्मसूत्र clearly gives idea of the अधिकारी of ब्रह्मज्ञान. According to him नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकः, इहामुत्रार्थभोगं विरागः,
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