Re Religion and Spirituality.

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advaitin , " dennis_travis33 "

<dennis_travis33> wrote:

> advaitin , " vineetasaxena2002 "

> <vineetasaxena2002> wrote:

> > advaitin , " Sachin Chavan " <mail@s...>

wrote:

> >

> > " Religion is the skin and Spirituality the banana... we

> > often confuse and throw away the banana and cling onto the skin. "

> >

> > The reverse is equally true. For the majority of ordinary

seekers,

> the

> > danger is more of prematurely throwing away the skin and

destroying

> > the banana. Without the framework of religion, spirituality is a

> > touchy-feely catch-all word, that means everything and nothing.

May

> be

> > the above analogy is true for a very advanced seeker. May be

not.

> Some

> > of the greatest advaitin acharyas would not exempt even a jnani

from

> > his religious duties.

> >

> > " The knowledge, at an experiential level

> > that the phenomenal universe is a manifestation ... "

> >

> > I am not sure if " knowledge, at an experiential level " is in

line

> with

> > advaita. Advaita is an understanding of the nature of Self, not

an

> > experience.

> >

> > " For the Jnani, no distiction remains... even that between a

> believer

> > and non-believer. "

> >

> > But the teaching is not for the jnani! It is for the seeker who

is

> > very much in the realm of duality. Denying distinctions from the

> level

> > of a seeker is fallacious.

> >

> > pranAms

 

Namaste, IMHO,

 

Spirituality is of the Anthakarana and Religion is of the outward

minds of men.

 

Religion is a contrived system, to help train the minds of people.

Re-Ligio or bind back. The lower self of all, even the most

intelligent is at the same level and enjoys ritual and habit.

Religions as opposed to Spirituality are a recent innovation in such

an organised basis.

 

In distant times people had local beliefs and some contrived or

evolved systems, mostly as a control system.

 

Jesus, Ramana etc didn't form new rules or new religions, they came

within existing structures.

 

In the end result we have to throw out the whole banana as not

having happened in the first place.