Shirdi Sai Baba On Religion-on "sai-ka-aangan"

The greatest contribution of Shirdi Sai Baba to the modern world, torn by theological quarrels, is the Harmony of Religions. Each great ancient religions has three steps, namely, ritual, mythology, and philosophy. The first two are the externals of religions, and philosophy is its basis. There can never be any uniformity in rituals and mythologies.

These are the abstract ideas of philosophy made concrete for the grasp of ordinary minds. They are to be given up when the soul, through its purity and discipline, is able to comprehend the essence of religion. Religious quarrels arise when we insist that the externals of religion are to be kept forever.

Swamy Vivekananda had told once"A man must be born in a church, but he must not die in a church." It is not the case that this religion or that religion is true in this or that respect, but the fact is that all religions are efficacious of our mind. If one religion is true then all religions are equally true. But if one religion proves false then all religions fall to the ground. Men quarrels about religions because they emphasize personalities, words and explanations and never go to the fountainhead.

We are quarreling about the empty baskets while the contents have slipped into the ditch. Like the different photographs of a building taken from different angles, different religions also give us the picture of one truth from different standpoints. Various religions are but flowers of different colours, which we should tie with the cord of love into a beautiful bouquet and offer at the temple of truth.

Sai Baba experienced the above truth and hence He never discriminated any religion. Shirdi Sai Baba considered all religion equally important for the smooth running of the society and humanity. His ideal was that of acceptance. To Him, all religions are the revelation of God in His diverse aspects to satisfy the demands of human minds. Shirdi Sai BABA has taught the world this philosophy about religion and the whole world is running on this principle.

By: saipreet

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