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There was once a sage who lived in a forest. The holy man had a number of disciples who joined him in meditation every evening.
The meditation rite was simple:they would gather under a banyan tree every evening, and sit in prayer with their legs crossed, and eyes closed in deep concentration for a few hours.
The holy man also had a cat who would run around disturbing the utensils, so every day he would tie the cat to the tree with a leash until they were done meditating. This routine never changed.
One day, the old sage fell ill and died soon thereafter.
The grieving disciples appointed one among themselves to lead the rituals, and they continued the routine of tying the cat to the tree and went about their daily meditation as always.
Then one fine day, the cat died.
The disciples solemnly gathered that evening under the tree, but there was some amount of confusion. How could they proceed with their ritual without first tying a cat to the tree? It has been done for years, as they all knew. They consulted each other and all agreed that it was unacceptable to alter their sacred routine.
And so it was decided: Every evening, just before meditation, the disciples would venture out into the woods and search for a cat to tie to the tree. Only then could the pious disciples meditate in peace.
Our Society is the same group of disciples who is following numerous rituals without using their logical reasoning.
It is like the game kids play when they whisper something into someone's ear, and then the message is passed along from one kid to the next. By the time it gets to the last kid, the message isn't anything like the way it was when it started.
People have been so blind in following the path of religion that they have completely stopped questioning.
Just because it's always been following by their ancestors, so they are also following it. I think that is kind of scary!
Not eating Non-Veg on Tuesday/Saturday, Not eating rice on Thursday, not eating Kadi on Ekadashi, eating curd before going to something good, avoiding numbers like 13/17 and most importantly matching kundali before marriage like are many things in our society are doing continuously. I can't think, would there be any day have any ending of it.
The meditation rite was simple:they would gather under a banyan tree every evening, and sit in prayer with their legs crossed, and eyes closed in deep concentration for a few hours.
The holy man also had a cat who would run around disturbing the utensils, so every day he would tie the cat to the tree with a leash until they were done meditating. This routine never changed.
One day, the old sage fell ill and died soon thereafter.
The grieving disciples appointed one among themselves to lead the rituals, and they continued the routine of tying the cat to the tree and went about their daily meditation as always.
Then one fine day, the cat died.
The disciples solemnly gathered that evening under the tree, but there was some amount of confusion. How could they proceed with their ritual without first tying a cat to the tree? It has been done for years, as they all knew. They consulted each other and all agreed that it was unacceptable to alter their sacred routine.
And so it was decided: Every evening, just before meditation, the disciples would venture out into the woods and search for a cat to tie to the tree. Only then could the pious disciples meditate in peace.
Our Society is the same group of disciples who is following numerous rituals without using their logical reasoning.
It is like the game kids play when they whisper something into someone's ear, and then the message is passed along from one kid to the next. By the time it gets to the last kid, the message isn't anything like the way it was when it started.
People have been so blind in following the path of religion that they have completely stopped questioning.
Just because it's always been following by their ancestors, so they are also following it. I think that is kind of scary!
Not eating Non-Veg on Tuesday/Saturday, Not eating rice on Thursday, not eating Kadi on Ekadashi, eating curd before going to something good, avoiding numbers like 13/17 and most importantly matching kundali before marriage like are many things in our society are doing continuously. I can't think, would there be any day have any ending of it.