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Friday, April 22, 2005

Religion

I have always been an ardent admirer of Swami Vivekananda and his teachings. I always believe religion should unite people not divide them. Unfortunately, religion today serves exactly the divisive purpose. Even within relegion there's so much of division: Muslims/Shia Sunni; Christians/Catholic Protestant; Hinduism/ apparently none - Surprise - there's a hinduism of bengalis there's a hinduism of marwaris and I know not how many more - definitely as many sects as many interpretations ..... why cant humanity be the guiderule of all religions - as He said "Shobar upore manush shotyo tahar upore nai" ("Man is higher than all animals, than all angels; none is greater than man" -found this rough translation in the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture website)

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