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rituals, prejudices, superstitions, even separated from the noble but complicated philosophy that is the bedrock of religion—the simple essence of religion: Friendliness, Sympathy, Tolerance and Justice, would be understood by youth and not be rejected summarily as “humbug" or "hocuspocus," or “beyond my comprehension.”
If homes and teaching institutions would sow the seeds of religion as suggested here, emphasising particularly the oneness of all religions, we may be reasonably optimistic that this early initiation to religion will bear fruit in good time.
The aim of all religions and philosophies is to seek the freedom of man from the bonds of ignorance and blind faith, from the meshes of prejudices and superstitions and rituals. Religion means freedom. Only when man rids himself of his mundane bonds, does he free himself from the bonds of karma. Just as gold attains its pristine purity only when the dross is separated from it, so, too, the soul only after it has shed all desires and Karma, will attain a state of blissful tranquillity and immortality.
