Meaning of religion and religious life — Philosophy STD 12 Arts — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ArtsPhilosophyMeaning of religion and religious life5 Marks
Question
Explain the importance of policy in religious life.
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Answer
It is not enough for a religious person to be a sage or a devotee alone. He should also be philanthropic and virtuous.
The Bhagavad-gita also says, "Dwelling in all animals inwardly, which I as human beings should worship with charity, respect, friendship and non-discrimination."
Thus, religious life must begin with morality.
The Bible also states: “How can a man who does not love the things that are visible to his eyes be able to love the indirect God$?$
Thus, true religiosity is not far from morality.
From a social point of view, policy or morality is the most important part of religion.
The question of what kind of knowledge $($belief$)$ a religious person has about life, the world or God and how he worships God is related to one's personal life while the question of whether a person is virtuous or not is very important from a social point of view.
Hence the scriptures that describe the ethics in the religious tradition of India are called 'Dharmashastras'.
Virtue and policy are not the whole religious life, but only one part of the religious life.
But this organ is so important from a social point of view that Indian theologians give the slogan 'Dharma means virtue and virtue means religion'.
The social test of whether a person is religious or not is done with this formula.
Gandhiji also admits this, saying, "In my experiments, spiritual means moral, religion means policy and the policy followed from the point of view of the soul is religion."
The world famous philosopher of modern India, Dr. Radhakrishna has called virtue and policy a test of religiosity.
According to him, "Religion is tested not only by certain beliefs or certain feelings or certain human religions by their intellectual beliefs but also by their character and attitude.
We recognize humans not by their beliefs, but by the fruits of those beliefs.
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