[Advaita-l] advaita vedanta, religion and science

[Dr D Bharadwaj]

'' that one need not blame religion as impeding one`s progress towards
realisation of the Self/Brahman ''

Absolutely true. Following one's religion or a religious practice
can not,'in itself', be an obstacle for the pursuit of the Self or its
realisation. Surely, Sri Ramana often expressed this view. He certainly
didn't mind religion. In other words, pursuit of the spirit or the seeking
of the Self and its realisation, needn't be an excuse for dumping
the religion.

Yes, religion, on the other hand, if pursued in the right manner be might
actually help one on the path......esp. if the religion that is followed is
ArSam or rSiprOktam.

It is dogmatism that needs to be shunned not religion.
Dumping religion does not end dogmatism.
One can still be 'doamatically' irreligious.



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


On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:45 AM, sriram <srirudra at vsnl.com> wrote:

> 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>
> To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta"
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>  Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:45 PM
> 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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