Without God there is no question of religion. If somebody says, "I don't care for God. But my religion is simply to cut throat." Is that religion?
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Sep 19, 2010]Religion Free-For-All
People will believe anything ... but does that make it religion? People believe in the Federal Reserve and Goldman Sachs, they believe in politicians' promises, they believe in freedom and pie in the sky
Daily Mail Sep 16, 2010
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Teenage student suspended for nose piercing claims it's part of her religion
A school in the U.S. is being accused of racial discrimination after suspending a teenage student for coming back from the holidays with her nose pierced.
Ariana Lacono has been suspended by Clayton High School, in North Carolina, twice after being told the stud violates the established dress code.
The 14-year-old, who is a member of the Church of Body Modification, has challenged the suspension, however, claiming it violates her constitutional right to exercise her religion.
The teenager and her mother Nikki both belong to the small religious group, which has its own clergy as well as a statement of beliefs.
Her suspension has now led to accusations school officials are setting themselves up as judges of what constitutes a 'real' religion. go to story
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So dharma means the codes or the law given by God. That is dharma. And our life is meant for dharma. But unfortunately we have created so many dharmas. But there cannot be so many dharmas. There cannot be. Suppose if gold... Gold is gold, pure gold. There cannot be... Just like they have made twenty-carat gold, fourteen-carat gold, sixteen-carat gold. That is mixture. That is not pure gold. We are preaching, "If you say it is religion, it is pure religion, not carat, fourteen-carat religion or twenty-carat religion." No. Real, pure religion. more
What is religion?
excerpt from lecture on Bhagavad-gita 1.15.35, Los Angeles, December 13, 1973
We cannot create religion, "This is my religion." Then everyone will escape in the name of religion. Because you have created so many rascaldom as religion, therefore Krishna says, sarva-dharman parityajya: [Bhagavad-gita 18.66] "You rascal, you give up all these religion. Real religion is surrender to Me." This is religion. Otherwise why Krishna says, "Give up all religion"? Sarva-dharman parityajya [Bg. 18.66]. He says in the beginning, dharma-samsthapanarthaya. "I come, I descend just to reestablish the principle of religion." Does it mean that He came to support Hindu religion, Muslim religion, Christian religion? No. He came to reestablish religion. People do not know what is that religion. They have created their own religion. And some rascal swami is supporting, yata mata tata patha. How you can create? Religion is personal? "You can create your own religion and be satisfied"? This is going on. In the name of religion, every rascal is creating his own religion and he is satisfied. He is satisfied, "I have got my own religion." But they do not know. These rascals, they do not know what is the meaning of religion. Religion means to abide by the laws of God, simple definition. Religion. That is religion, to abide by the laws. Now if you are religionist, you cannot deny God. Without God there is no question of religion. If somebody says, "I don't care for God. But my religion is simply to cut throat." Is that religion? So therefore one must know what is religion. That religion, very simple definition: dharmam tu sakshad bhagavat-pranitam [Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.19] – religion is the law given by God. This is religion. So what God is giving as law? The law is that "You give up all nonsense religion, simply surrender unto Me." This is religion.
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