Religion, caste, and creed are creations of man to live in a certain way of life within the society in a certain order as prescribed in the scriptural doctrine in the illusory world.+

The injunctions and prohibitions of the orthodoxy have no application to those who are in the path of wisdom or Gnana. They apply only to those who look upon themselves as belonging to a certain caste or sector stage of life.

Religion, caste, and creed are creations of man to live in a certain way of life within the society in a certain order as prescribed in the scriptural doctrine in the illusory world.

Religions pertain only to the individual within the practical world, and not to the Soul, the Self. Religion is based on the dualistic perspective whereas Spirituality or Adyathma is based on the Soul, which is based on the nondualistic perspective.

Thus, religion is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The Soul which is present in the form of consciousness pervades all three states. The consciousness is the formless substance and the witness of the three states.

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A Gnani is completely free from all human attributes by realizing the fact that, the Self not human has anything to gain from action or inaction, meditation or Japa, or rituals and yoga.

A person who meditates continuously attains identity with the object of meditation, but this identity ceases if the practice of meditation is given up. But the realization of the Self, once attained through knowledge, is never lost.

Sage Sankara says ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation

In reality, every living being including the world in which they exist is an illusion created out of consciousness but ignorance hides the fact. Self -Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana only reveals this truth.

Because of ignorance, which conceals the real nature of the Soul, the 'Self', people do not realize the purpose of life.

The Sages in past thought just as begging is better than starving, it is better to practice, love, devotion, and meditation for those who are immersed in practical life within the practical world because they are incapable of grasping and realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman. Thus, they prescribed karma Bhakti and yoga love to help the ignorant populace.

Sages in the past might have prescribed performance of the rituals laid down in the scriptures is for the ignorant populace, which is engrossed in practical life within the practical world. :~ Santthosh Kumaar