Can The World Survive Without Religion (Yes or No) A Hindu P (General)

by satyansh , Saturday, November 27, 2010, 15:45 (4920 days ago) @ dhw

"1) You say the Bhagavad Gita tells us that "personal devotion to deity is endorsed as a way of salvation for all classes of people." What form does this devotion take? Prayer, obeying instructions, renouncing the world? And what form does "salvation" take? Release from the cycle of death and rebirth, some kind of paradise, conscious/ unconscious merging with the oneness of things?"

what matters in Hinduism is to attain the final stage of Moksha. Maybe this will help somewhat.
The four grand objects of human aspiration—Purusharthas—viz., Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha, Dharma is given the foremost rank in the scriptures. Dharma alone is the gateway to Moksha, to immortality, infinite bliss, supreme peace and highest knowledge. Dharma alone is the primary Purushartha. Dharma is the first and foremost Purushartha. Through the practice of Dharma alone can you ever hope to achieve the crowning glory of all human endeavours, viz., Moksha which is the best and the highest of all desirable things.-Practice of Dharma leads to the perfect realisation of essential unity or the final end, the highest good, namely, Moksha. Dharma is generally defined as 'righteousness' or 'duty.' Dharma is the principle of righteousness. It is the principle of holiness. It is also the principle of unity. The practitioner experiences peace, joy, strength and tranquillity within himself. His life becomes thoroughly disciplined. His powers and capacities are exceedingly intensified. He realises that there is one underlying homogeneous essence, a living truth, behind these names and forms. He is transmuted into divinity. His whole nature gets transformed. He becomes one with the Eternal. He beholds Brahman above, Brahman below, Brahman to the right, Brahman to the left, Brahman in front, Brahman at the back, Brahman within, Brahman without and Brahman pervading the whole world. -But then again Hinduism contradicts itself when it also says that you can attain Moksha through Dharma but it may not necessarily mean praying to the eternal almighty but just my merely living a righteous life. thats where the whole karma theory comes. I will give a brief explanation of the Karma theory. I dont agree with this theory though but that doesn't mean I am right. I have a detailed web explanation which i will paste in another reply.