Religion needs a Guru to
propagate its belief system, whereas in pursuit of truth there is no need for a Guru. The ultimate truth has to be ascertained by seeker alone. Yoga needs guru to guide its student to
practice Samadhi.
Religion encourages
one who can induce himself to feel
convinced that he has realized the Self, or has
an admirer who believes that he has done so, the it opens up for
him the way for the founding of a new sect based on Guru-worship.
People, too, have developed curious credulousness. Often they would install an
earnest seeker and devotee, or a pious saint, on the throne of God and begin to
offer him worship and homage even if he protested and resisted such acts. They
would lay prostrate, sing hymns, wave lights (arati) and burn incense before
him, and present to him food which was to be returned by him as prasada, wash
his toes and sip the wash. At times the disciple would go to the length of
getting food, fruit or a betel-nut leaf chewed by him, and taking the morsel
back from it.
They would place his
photo in the private temples of their homes and perform all these rites and
ceremonies which are usually offered to temple-idols. In this way there might be at present in our
country scores of individuals who are worshiped as living God, with a
following varying in numbers.
If one is seeking truth
one has to drop all religious based dogmas and blind beliefs ritualistic baggage
and move forward in their pursuit of truth.
– FORMLESS PATH
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