Ep 207: Religion, Food, Indian Society
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Is Religion in the Opiate of the Masses?
Religion has the benefit that of comfort and a other worldliness that a drug gives. Rituals are a great way, where you can look at a grain of rice and see a universe. You hold the natraja, pose in your bardanatia, and then you become that goddess. The truly faithful deald, with god, has nothing to do with mas. It's a very particular thing. And usually they are visiting somebody who is sick - if you see a temple,. If you go beyond the praying and smire everything, it is about being caught in a quagmire of hopes and dreams. Then you will feel like an engega (a person
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