Tag Archives: ritual

A thought on understanding faith

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

I was surfing the web when I found this blog about the recent solar eclipse. Mr. Bhattacharya made a very valid point regarding the fear that is instilled in those that practice certain rituals blindly. I came to see more and more people doing a particular ritual without really questioning why they are doing what [...]

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Are we blind to blind faith?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Today, I was talking to my best friend on the phone, and he mentioned something really interesting (and perplexing) — his family had conducted a puja in their house today, and while doing these seemingly meaningless rituals, he realized that his mom seems to follow these traditions without ever questioning why she does them. At [...]

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