There is a need to bifurcate religion from spirituality or Advaita.+

There is a need to bifurcate religion from Spirituality or Advaita. Religion is not a stepping stone to Self-realization.

Religion is based on ignorance and it keeps the seeker permanently in ignorance by hiding the truth with its mythical beliefs and dogmas, and superstitions. According to the Vedas and Upanishads, all religious propagated beliefs are a myth.

Whereas Spirituality or Adyathma is based on the Spirit, which is the cause of the world in which we exist.

As one goes deeper into the annals of history, one becomes aware of the fact that the so-called present Hinduism has adopted many things from Buddhism, the religion of Abraham, Jainism, and Islam. If one goes deeper enough he will become aware everything is mixed up and messed up in time.

Sage Sankara endeavored toward establishing the Vedic religion overthrowing Buddhism. But even he was not able to avoid the influence of Buddhism. The influence of the revolutionary atmosphere of Buddhism has reappeared in the Advaita of Sage Sankara. His inability to revive the Vedic religion that flourished before the Buddhist revolution in its pure form is discernible.

No one has taken the pains to rectify it because people have inherited it from their ancestors, and they think it is blasphemy even to hear anything against their inherited religion and its blind

Once one gets involved with the religious class, it is the end of the pursuit of truth.::~Santthosh Kumaar