The quote by Swami Viviekananda ...To believe blindly is to degenerate the human soul. Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly...holds true. Religion is more than right and ritual. Your beliefs don't make you a better person your behavior does.
The purpose of religion is to control yourself not criticize others ...Religion mostly requires a person to just accept what they are told and to never question the things they are told. A healthy mind questions everything and analyses it.
The quote by Gautama Buddha...Do not believe what you have heard. Do not believe in a thing you have read about it in a book. Do not believe blindly in tradition because it is handed down many generations.
Do not believe in anything that has been spoken of many times...Find the truth for yourself. After careful observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and when it benefits one and all, then accept it and live by it. This is realization holds true.
That brain which cannot think of higher and nobler thoughts which has lost all power of originality, that brain is always poisoning itself with all sorts of little superstitions passing under the name of religion, we must beware of( Swami Vivekananda) applies in today's world.
Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only, it cannot be a matter of rules. The remedy of the superstitious blind beliefs is education and social awareness. People need to practice not to encourage these kinds of blind belief, superstitious practices at home.
Borrowed faith and answers will not help one in one's journey. Only your own experience can lead you to truth. If you keep blind faith , your mind will lead you to astray. Thereby the theories need to be analyzed and experienced instead of blindly believing it.
Blind faith does not require any logic. Somebody tells you something you blindly believe it. With blind faith people are divided by the rules set they are united. Bua follows the rules set by her religion which she follows. Her dharm (Brahmin community) does not allow her to eat any mass macchi (Flesh)...it is up to her to follow it or not.
But when she starts blaming Dhani for making her impure is not acceptable...She did what was told by Km and as usual Dhani gets blamed. If Bua follows so many traditions and her dharm then which religion or God said to commit sin against an innocent...She sends Km to lure viplav who is a married man, then in which way is she pure.
The purity of a person comes from one's mind not by following blindly the religious rituals. Even if she did eat Non-veg by mistake it will not make her impure not will she become pure by sprinkling Ganga jal on herself and others...she even goes to the extent of seeking help from black magic to control viplav's mind...when one's mind follows all sort of superstitious and blind beliefs then one leads a wrong path.
In the name of religion people like bua and DT commit grave sins and manage to cover it up, their sins are no where to be taken in to consideration while they enjoy having the supreme power to have control over people, this is something no religion supports not does it encourages it to be done.
There by a person who sees things with clarity is better than the one who blindly follows the rules set without any logic or analysis.
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