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3) For example, if they are chanting Navakar, are they
truly attracted towards the virtues of the five
Parmeshthis?

4) How eager are they to attain those virtues? Or is their
eagerness directed only towards seeing miracles? What
is their mental state?

Our religious scriptures state that religion should be exercised
without the intention of obtaining anything in return, without
any expectation; only then it can be termed religion in the
true sense.

The scripture, ‘Yogadrishti Samuchhaya’ defines true religious
activities:

1) Those religious activities performed dutifully and
faithfully.

2) Those which restrict completely or partly our

temptation for food, greed, fear and attachment.
3) Those religious activities which are deprived of the
expectation and desire of material fruits in return.

Only then will this religion become pure and true.

An incautious mind may cheat us whereas a cautious mind
becomes our well-wisher.

A cautious mind means the one that –

i) Sticks to its original goal of salvation,

ii) Is indifferent towards the material world.

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