Passage 5

In English

Some people, belonging to some regions of the world, have been making attempts to gather the essence that is contained in all the religions of the world. They are not only attempting to gather the essence of all the religions but also the essence that is contained in all the cultures of the different countries of the world. They are then attempting to reconcile them. When we make the necessary enquiries about the religions of other countries, it becomes evident to us that all those religions have been established by wise people, as a result of their own experience. The fact is that those religions have been established by human beings, however wise and saintly they may have been. But the religion of this country is not something that has been established by man. It has been established by God. The one religion or the essence of all religions of this country is not related to anything that has come out of the experience of man. It has not come as a result of any effort on the part of man. In essence, it has come out of God Himself; and that is why it is called the religion of . He who established man’s religion in this country, He who gave the guidelines for man’s religion in this country, is not man; but He is the man of all men, that is, God, Himself. are very old, have no describable origin and are timeless. do not need support from any quarter as they support themselves. In fact are God’s breath and the Vedic religion, which has been established in India, originated in God’s breath. Thus it is that God’s religion is the religion of India. Of all the religions of the entire world, it appears to us that the Indian religion, the religion that has been at the back of the Indian mind, is the life-breath and is the stream that is flowing through all the religions of this world. The religions of other countries are certainly as sacred and sanctified but for only a certain limited time. On the other hand, the religion of this country is something which has had no beginning and will have no end.