Re: Superstition & Faith
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I think before we get into terming something as superstition, we need to get to know the origin of it.
Possibly many of the so called superstitions are designed to increase faith which in turn help the untrained minds to believe and absorb a little of the higher knowledge, which the yesteryear's Rishis, Munis, Gurus used to say.
many of the superstitions have indirect effect on mind calmness, tolerance, equanimity, shraddha, surrendering, etc etc. These qualities are required during srabanam sessions with learned people (Rishis ==> priests). Then believing and making it part of life.
This way it was easier to align the society in a particular way faster.
There is a saying : Objectives are achieved faster with beliefs rather than debates
Superstitions are part of that management system. However many have used these for their own ulterior purpose and many are there which are not valid in today's world. Those need to be identified and removed. These have been the tradition in India - Cleansing the society of these roughages.
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