The Hindu does not believe in, nor advocates, the conversion from one religion to another. And his reasons for this belief are quite logical and lofty too. This is necessarily leads us to the question: " Why are they so many religions in this world - if God is only one ? " The answer is simple.
The simple questions: "How do rains occur?" posed by different individuals, say a child aged five, a boy aged twelve, an educated young man in a city, an absolutely illiterate and uncivilized man coming from a remote village, an aboriginal old women living in the dense jungles somewhere - all cannot be answered exactly in the same way. The answers have to be shaped to suit the person for whom it is intended. The phenomenon "rain" will gradually change as he grows up untill he knows the entire truth about the subject " rain" in all its aspects and effects, including the stride that science has made today in creating what is called " Artificial rain".
Similarly, mans conception of religion as well as the goal pointed out by religion, also changes as he ascends each rung of the evolutionary ladder. Incidents , words and statements begin to the yield greater and subtler meanings when viewed from higher plans to which he soars. Roughness and perturbation progressively yield their places to calmness and tranquility.
The simple questions: "How do rains occur?" posed by different individuals, say a child aged five, a boy aged twelve, an educated young man in a city, an absolutely illiterate and uncivilized man coming from a remote village, an aboriginal old women living in the dense jungles somewhere - all cannot be answered exactly in the same way. The answers have to be shaped to suit the person for whom it is intended. The phenomenon "rain" will gradually change as he grows up untill he knows the entire truth about the subject " rain" in all its aspects and effects, including the stride that science has made today in creating what is called " Artificial rain".
Similarly, mans conception of religion as well as the goal pointed out by religion, also changes as he ascends each rung of the evolutionary ladder. Incidents , words and statements begin to the yield greater and subtler meanings when viewed from higher plans to which he soars. Roughness and perturbation progressively yield their places to calmness and tranquility.
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