Good quotation by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

[Guest guest]

Dear TBP members,

 

I am reproducing a quotation of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, which I found

informative:

 

 

" ...Religion is a transforming experience. It is not a theory of God. It is

spiritual consciousness. Belief and conduct, rites and ceremonies, dogmas and

authorities are subordinate to the art of self-discovery and contact with the

Divine. When the individual withdraws his soul from all outward events, gathers

himself together inwardly, strives with concentration, there breaks upon him an

experience, sacred, strange, wondrous, which quickens within him, lays hold of

him, becomes his very being. Even those who are the children of science and

reason, must submit to the fact of spiritual experience which is primary and

positive. We may dispute theologies but we cannot deny facts. The fire of life

in its visible burnings compels assent, though not the fumbling speculations of

smokers sitting around the fire. While realisation is a fact, the theory of

reality is an inference. There is a difference between contact with reality and

opinion about it, between the mystery

of godliness and belief in God. "

 

 

K.N. Bhaskara Rao

 

 

 

Bhaskar

 

 

Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Travel.