Religion and Spirituality - Swami Tejomayananda
=============================================================================================================== Friday 08, May 2026, 05:30. Religion and Spirituality: Swami Tejomayananda Published by chinmaya-admin at 30th June 2020 ============================================================================================ Religion and spirituality are the same if we understand them correctly. Generally, we can say that religion is that which involves various rituals, dogmas, worship and pilgrimages. However, once we begin to inquire about ‘who is God’, ‘what is worship’ and ‘who am I’, spirituality truly begins. Normally people are satisfied doing various rituals, going to the temple, praying and so on. Very few inquire further. One need not be ritualistic in order to be spiritual. But rituals are not against spirituality. For instance, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, a spiritual giant, used to worship Mother Kali Devi. Then the question arises whether religion, s...