Significance of Religion in life :-
In the past, religion had helped in the spread of education, had saved peoples from frustration, had developed the spirit of toleration, had added rituals to make ceremonies charming, had helped in union with God, had helped in purification of Souls, had provided a sense of equality, had ended narrow outlooks, had developed the power of integration and cooperation, had added beauty to the universe through architecture and fine arts, and finally it had helped in stopping blood shed and violence. Religion had been a good instrument for helping needy and poor persons.
Religion is the tool by which a man can become ‘God’ or religion makes a man god. It is the duty of religion to save him from all other worldly miseries and ultimately provide the eternal bliss.
Religion reduces the effects of sins, carried over to this life, from previous lives and purifies the Soul, so that it is enabled to get contacted with the divine powers. lt purifies the behavior of the individual and elevates his social status and increases self confidence. It increases the patience of individual, truthfulness, love, wisdom, faith in God. equanimity, purity of thought and action and prudence, whereas violence, desire of theft etc. are eliminated which are sources of many miseries.
It develops an impartial view to the servitude. love and vision. In this way religion helps an individual to uplift himself from a lower level to the level of gods, from finite to infinite and from local to universal.
