Buddha Desana

And Essential Principles of Enlightenment

by Sayadaw U Pannadipa | 1998 | 17,153 words

Aggamaha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Dean, Faculty of Patipatti, I T B M U, Yangon 1998...

Chapter 1 - The Origin Of Religion

Man of the ancient times, in his fundamental nature, was dreadful for having come across with any kind of troubles or dangers and then he sought for his reliance to get rid of his fears and frights. With the confrontation of any difficulty or problems, he was generally incited to try to find out a powerful and influential person or thing for his reliance which could console or remedy his worries, anxieties, grief or sorrow etc. In finding out the ways and means for relief and release from any kind of his trouble, he had taken refuge in the ideational spirit of a big tree, or a mountain, or a river, or the sun, or the moon or any seeming beings or idea.

These various imaginary refuges were taken sparingly only for their satisfaction, but never tested with a reasoning and scientific proof as is done in our modern day and even they dared not miss or affect their worship. For this reason some were quite far from the true goal of ultimate reality; some might be only satisfied with an imaginary worship; many became invalid from the scientific and rationalistic view point of real deliverance. But only a few who had been opportune enough of philosophy of the law of the universe, could see the truth as it is.

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