Religion is not traditional

Religion is not traditional -- cannot be by its very nature. Tradition is that which is dead.

Tradition is that which has passed away, tradition is just the dust of the past, tradition is just the memory.

Religion is always alive, breathing.

Religion can never be traditional.

Whenever religion becomes traditional, it serves the Devil more than God.

Then it serves death more than life.

Then it serves politicians, priests, organizations, churches, but it doesn't serve the spirit of man.

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A real religious seeker does not go in search of scriptures, he goes in search of a Master -- a living Master.

That is one of the basic tenets of Kabir's understanding: SATGURU -- the living Master.

Go and search for a living Master! If you can come in contact with a living Master then dead scriptures will become alive again.

They become alive only VIA the living Master -- there is no other way, because the living Master is the only scripture.

When the living Master touches the Bhagavad Gita it will become alive; when he touches the gospel, the gospel will become alive. When he recites the Koran, the Koran will again become alive.

He will give his own life to these words, they will start throbbing. But directly you cannot find religion in the scriptures.

So religion is not in the tradition and religion is not in the scriptures and religion is not in the rituals. Rituals are formalities.

Unless you are in communion with a living Master, rituals are a dead weight. They will burden you, they will dry you, they will kill you, and you will be lost in infinite formalities.

With a living Master, a new ritual is born. It comes out of the contact; it has a context to it, a living reference to it. It is not learned by dead tradition being transferred from one generation to another. You live it -- and through living it, you learn it.

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🍁Osho,The Divine melody #1.
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