[Advaita-l] advaita vedanta, religion and science

[sriram]

Dears
This is not to stick to what I have said about Sri Ramana as my reference 
was from a book I recently read.The point I wanted to make is that one need 
not blame religion as impeding one`s progress towards realisation of the 
Self/Brahman.When one practises one`s religion with faith and true 
understanding of its tenets it will definitely help one to tread  the path 
of Truth.R.Krishnamoorthy.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vishy" <vishy1962 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] advaita vedanta, religion and science


>I fully agree with Dr. Bharadwaj's views. Each and every need to be 
>religious (meaning fully focussed and committed to path of Truth) and when 
>individual becomes religious there is no need for any religion at all. 
>Religion is only to make people religious, its just a 'means' towards the" 
>end" . But unfortunately many get struck with the means forgetting the end 
>itself. This was the view of not only Ramana, but also great vedantis like 
>Rama tirtha and Vivekananda too.
>
> Pranams
> Vishy
>
> --- On Mon, 12/1/09, Dr D Bharadwaj <drdbharadwaj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Dr D Bharadwaj <drdbharadwaj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] advaita vedanta, religion and science
> To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" 
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Monday, 12 January, 2009, 11:23 PM
>
> <<<<  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.
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