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Žmonės visada ieškojo kažko, kas būtų anapus fizinio pasaulio, anapus kasdienio skausmo, kančios ir malonumo egzistavimo. Jie ieškojo kažko aukščiau – iš pradžių debesyse: griaustinis buvo laikomas Dievo balsu. Vėliau jie garbino medžius ir akmenis. Kaimų žmonės, gyvenantys toli nuo bjaurių ir brutalių miestų, iki šiol garbina akmenis, medžius ir mažus atvaizdus.
Žmogus nori sužinoti, ar egzistuoja kažkas švento. Tuomet pasirodo kunigas ir sako: „Aš tau parodysiu“, lygiai taip pat, kaip tai daro guru.
Vakarų kunigas turi savo ritualus, kartojimus, puošnius drabužius ir savo konkretaus atvaizdo garbinimą. O jūs turite savus atvaizdus.
Arba jūs niekuo tuo netikite ir sakote, kad esate ateistas.
Tačiau jūs ir kalbėtojas norite išsiaiškinti, ar yra kažkas, kas galbūt yra anapus laiko, anapus visos minties. Todėl kartu tyrinėsime, naudosime savo smegenis, protą ir logiką, kad išsiaiškintume, kas yra religija, kas yra religinis gyvenimas ir ar įmanoma gyventi religinį gyvenimą šiame šiuolaikiniame pasaulyje.
Tad išsiaiškinkime patys, kas iš tikrųjų yra religinis gyvenimas.
Tai galima suprasti tik tada, kai suvokiame, kas iš tikrųjų yra religijos, ir visa tai atidedame į šalį – nepriklausome jokiai religijai, jokiai organizacijai, jokiam guru ar vadinamajam dvasiniam autoritetui.
Nėra jokio dvasinio autoriteto. Tai vienas iš nusikaltimų, kuriuos žmonija padarė: mes išradome tarpininką tarp tiesos ir savęs.
Kai pradedate tyrinėti, kas yra religija, jūs jau gyvenate religinį gyvenimą – ne jo pabaigoje, bet pačiame tyrinėjimo procese.
Pačiame žiūrėjime, stebėjime, aptarime, abejojime ir klausimų kėlime, neturint jokių tikėjimų ar dogmų, jūs jau gyvenate religinį gyvenimą.
From Meeting Life
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Human beings have sought something beyond the physical, beyond the everyday existence of pain, of sorrow and pleasure. They have sought something beyond, first in the clouds: the thunder was the voice of God. Then they worshipped trees, stones. Villagers far away from the ugly, beastly towns still worship stones, trees and small images. Man wants to find out if there is something sacred, and the priest comes along and says, ‘I will show you,’ just as a guru does. The Western priest has his rituals, his repetitions, his fancy dress and worship of his particular image. And you have your own images. Or you don’t believe in any of that; you say you are an atheist. But you and the speaker want to find out something that may be beyond time, beyond all thought, so we are together going to inquire, exercise our brains, our reason, our logic, to find out what religion is, what a religious life is, and whether it is possible to live a religious life in this modern world. So let us find out for ourselves what is really, truly a religious life. That can only be found out when we understand what religions actually are and put aside all that, not belonging to any religion, to any organisation, to any guru, to any so-called spiritual authority. There is no spiritual authority whatsoever; that is one of the crimes we have committed; we have invented a mediator between truth and ourselves. When you begin to inquire into what religion is, you are living a religious life – not at the end of it. In the very process of looking, watching, discussing, doubting, questioning, having no beliefs or faith, you are already leading a religious life.
From Meeting Life
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Human beings have sought something beyond the physical, beyond the everyday existence of pain, of sorrow and pleasure. They have sought something beyond, first in the clouds: the thunder was the voice of God. Then they worshipped trees, stones. Villagers far away from the ugly, beastly towns still worship stones, trees and small images. Man wants to find out if there is something sacred, and the priest comes along and says, ‘I will show you,’ just as a guru does. The Western priest has his rituals, his repetitions, his fancy dress and worship of his particular image. And you have your own images. Or you don’t believe in any of that; you say you are an atheist. But you and the speaker want to find out something that may be beyond time, beyond all thought, so we are together going to inquire, exercise our brains, our reason, our logic, to find out what religion is, what a religious life is, and whether it is possible to live a religious life in this modern world. So let us find out for ourselves what is really, truly a religious life. That can only be found out when we understand what religions actually are and put aside all that, not belonging to any religion, to any organisation, to any guru, to any so-called spiritual authority. There is no spiritual authority whatsoever; that is one of the crimes we have committed; we have invented a mediator between truth and ourselves. When you begin to inquire into what religion is, you are living a religious life – not at the end of it. In the very process of looking, watching, discussing, doubting, questioning, having no beliefs or faith, you are already leading a religious life.
From Meeting Life