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The truly religious man is not the one who practices so-called religion - JKOnline Daily Quotes

The truly religious man is not the one who practices so-called religion - JKOnline Daily Quotes

The truly religious man is not the one who practices so-called religion

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The truly religious man is not the one who practices so-called religion, who holds to certain dogmas and beliefs, who performs certain rituals, or pursues knowledge, for he is merely seeking another form of gratification. The man who is truly religious is completely free from society, he has no responsibility towards society; he may establish a relationship with society, but society has no relationship with him. Society is organized religion, the economic and social structure, the whole environment in which we have been brought up; and does that society help man to find God, truth it matters little what name you give it - , or does the individual who is seeking God create a new society? That is, must not the individual break away from the existing society, culture, or civilization? Surely, in the very breaking away he discovers what is truth, and it is that truth which creates the new society, the new culture. - The Collected Works Vol. IX Bombay 1st Public Talk 16th February 1955
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