When we shake off rituals and customs from religions the same vibration of meaningfulness and spirituality can be realized in all of them.
Rituals and customs only provide architecture to a religion. In fact, all religions carry the same fundamentals of virtuous living. It is their respective devotional practices which differentiate them. The pathways to divinity are infused with words of morality and ethics, principles, and noble deeds. And these are the fundamental commonalities of all religious.
(Read more on this topic from Hinduism Beyond Rituals,Customs And Traditions, (paper edition) by Promod Puri
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That is true, most of us are struck at the ritual level.For example merely going to the temple is a ritual. And by undertaking this ritual people think they are religious. Anyway, thanks very much Subhashji for your comments.
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Yes ,rituals are are an architecture which prepares an individual to delve on the higher issues of the religion.All rei
Igions fullifill man’s need for happiness and have same core values . The sad part is we get stuck at the ritual level only …..
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Exactly, but some time rituals is also needed as every one can’t transcend the material nature.
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