Swami Vivekananda defined religion in such
away that it would be equally acceptable to people professing any religion or
belonging to any country. His definition of religion was divested of dogmas and
creeds, and external aids like sacred books, rituals and ceremonials, some of
his famous and cryptic definitions of religion are:
- Religion is the struggle to transcend
the limitation of the senses.
- Religion is the idea of raising the
brute unto man and man unto God.
- Religion is the eternal relationship
between the eternal soul and eternal God.
- Religion is the idea of evolution of
the individual soul towards the infinite.
- Religion is the manifestation of
divinity that is already in man.
- Religion is realisation
Swamiji said that in essence, the concepts
of spirituality in different religions do not differ from one another. He
Pointed out that whatever be the mode of practice in whichever religion, the
following four disciplines alone form the basis of all spirituality.
- Control of the mind.
- Dispassion towards the things of the world.
- Company of holy men
- Love for fellow beings.
Religion lead one by hand and shows him
the way to realisation of the Self. That is, not only how to live the life but
also how to give up the life (mundane) and achive the eternal life. Yad gatva
na nivartante tat dhama paramam mama - Gita.
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih.
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