In article <ghenE5K4At.3C2@netcom.com>, saibaba@ccs.neu.edu says... > >Sir each religion is an ocean and the deeper you fathom it, the tougher >it becomes to put it in a single statement.
Religion isn't so hard to define. The Bhagavata has already done it
for us. "dharmam tu saksad-bhagavat-pranitam;" in a nutshell, this
means, "Religion is that which Bhagavan orders." Simply surrender
to Krsna and follow His instructions. What is difficult is fully
delineating God; in fact, it's impossible. Ananta-sesa has been
glorifying the Lord since time immemorial with his thousands of
mouths, and yet he still cannot finish enumerating the Lord's
transcendental qualities, forms, characteristics, lilas, and so
forth. >I wouldn't commit the mistake of stating which religion is better >
Right, because the very notion of "different" religions is based
on an incomplete concept of religion to begin with. It is a fact
that some processes are better than others, just as some people are
better than others, but anyone who is sincere and is therefore
undeluded and progressive in spiritual life is regarded by Lord
Krsna (in the Gita) to be following His path. But again, here it is
difficult for to judge who is sincere in this way and who isn't, for
we all make mistakes, delude ourselves and others, have imperfect
faculties, and have a tendency to be foolish. In consideration of
this, the Gita (16.24) advises, "Therefore the standard by which
things are to be done or not done is the sastra; recognizing this,
one should act in the world accordingly."
-m
