[Advaita-l] advaita vedanta, religion and science

[Dr D Bharadwaj]

<<<<  SriRamana Maharishi`s advice to all westerners was to practice their
respective religion.>>>>


Not quite so. I beg ti differ on this aweeping claim .Sir. Sri Ramana
Maharshi rarely advised any religion or irreligiousness.  Definitely not to
'all' Westerners or even 'all' the orientals. His advice always remained
beyond religion...

Mostly he asked people to find out to whom the religion is.
He said in several places that the role of religion is over once
one is awakened to the spiritual purpose of it. He said there is no harm in
following their religion if one is drawn to it. He asked people no to
identify themselves with any caste, creed, nationality or even their name
nor ti take then too seriously.
He advocated a full identification with the Self which is above and beyond
all these limiting attributes.





Regards,
Dr. D. Bharadwaj
drdbharadwaj at gmail.com


On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:57 PM, sriram <srirudra at vsnl.com> wrote:

> SriRamana Maharishi`s advice to all westerners was to practice their
> respective religion.