INNER REHABILITATION:-

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SCIENCE OF RELIGION:-

With this idea in mind, when we enter religion to study its technique rather than to quarrel over the individual belief or peculiarities in ritualism, we shall find that all the methods prescribed by all religions of the world indicate one or other of the techniques for rehabilitating the mind the intellect of the seekers. The more we study, the more we shall become convinced that, without a complete training in this Science of Religion, it is almost dangerous  for man to face life.


HINDUISM A BIG DIFFERENT FROM OTHER RELIGIONS:-

When we thus start our religious studies, we shall find that all around the world the spiritual Masters have prescribed, each a different method at different periods of history, to suit the temperaments of his age. Naturally unlike in other religions , in Hinduism we find that, from its hoary past to its decadent present, four distinct methods in detail are prescribed. Hinduism is an ever growing tradition rather than an uncompromising revelation, and therefore, in its sacred books we find all the four paths equally emphasised even today.


CLASSIFICATION OF MAN AND SOCIETY:-

In thus prescribing different methods, the great Rishies of old, during their close observation of man and society, had classified them under four groups on the basis of the temperaments in man. They found that though the majority are essentially men-of-heart, a substantial minority is constituted as the men-of-head. In between these two types--- the emotional and the intellectual---- there are a few who can be considered as men of 'mixed temperaments,' who are sometimes emotional and sometimes intellectual. Lastly, there are those who fall under the fourth category, which are men who have neither a highly developed intellect nor a fully grown heart; the 'under developed'. To prescribe to all these four different types of people one and the same method would have been psychologically  absurd and,  therefore, the four different methods advised seem to be quite appropriate and extremely scientific.[to be cont---d]    

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