Question: Sir, going by your theory of, ‘search first, believe second’, I don’t think there is any religion left in the society. Do you think this phenomenon is an obstacle in the mental development in the society?
Speaker: I do not think that young people like you are very interested in religion. But what I can assure you is that religion may be directly absent from our life but indirectly it is very much present. So if you permit me then I will take this question.
Listeners(everyone): Yes, Sir.
Speaker: Alright. He is asking that is there any need for religion. Is religion important at all? Most of us think that religion is not important. Right? Religion hardly has a place these days in our daily life. We will have to understand that religion, the word ‘religion’ means two things.
One, religion as we know it. And what do you know religion as? You know religion as Hindu religion, Muslim religion and even in Hindu religion there are so many sects. You can be a Shaiv, a Vaishnav, a worshiper of Sai Baba, a Kali bhakt. And there are so many religions in the world. These religions are nothing but organized belief system. Obviously, these religions have very little value because they are just belief systems. These systems have very little value. And what did we say? That belief will not allow you to see the truth. The religion that we commonly see around us is as in temples, in festivals, in fairs, on all the religious channels on television. There are so many religious channels on television these days. Do you know ? Have you seen them?
