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THREE TRUTHS – TRILLION DOUBTS
dead. Hinduism does not satisfy the parameters of religion. Very few people appreciate this angle. Ours is a way of life, because religion means these three aspects. So the question has to be understood from this angle. And I personally do not bother whether a person is going to have a circumcision or he is going to be baptized or he is going to be put in some cold water in Tibet. These rituals are of no consequence to spirituality. That is why no spiritual person bothers about these rituals. Rituals belong to Religions, we have no reason to fight with them. Because what is there, what ever is there let it be there at its own place. The Marriage rituals will be going on. We have our rituals, he has his rituals. Whereas when it comes to the question of burials, fundamental differences are there. Some religions do not believe in rebirth and a person who does not believe in a re- birth does not have anything to do with spirituality. Because spirituality is the awareness that one has got a body which is not confined to this body. People who do not believe in re-birth are only talking that body will not be re-born. Naturally body will never be re-born. This should be conceded. But they will slowly understand that there is something called astral presence and it should not be a matter for us
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