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VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SPIRITUAL TRAINING
this is a must for all people. It does not mean that we will ask every person to practice it. Those who are practicing and have been not able to get rid of a mantra can be asked to change on to this first and then move on to the real meaning behind it, which is the essence of our meditation. Our meditation is taking us to the same place which the Gayatri promises by meaning and farther and much farther. Not only the seven lokas but something beyond that. This is the practical point that can help many people who ask this question.
On continuation of religious rituals:
A question that has been raised was on Karma theory and whether one can continue to have the religious practices. Christians and others who have come to us ask whether they can continue to have their religious practices. I have often told you the essentials of religion. It deals with three functions, namely our birth rites, our marriage rites and our death rites. Hinduism is not a religion for this reason alone. Because there is not one way by which we perform the birth ritual, there is not one way by which we perform the marriages, there is not one way by which we get rid of our bodies when
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