Which is the correct religion/spiritual path?

 The purpose of any religion is to show direction towards spirituality.

And, the spiritual concepts and practices make a human being realise, not understand, the God within oneself.

A religion is like a guidepost, which shows direction in which a particular lane/place is situated. The guidepost will not move alongwith the traveler. The traveler has to move along the direction, make enquiries and finally reach the destination.

Religion does not make the aspirant realise the God.

A religion contains a Holy text, certain customs/rituals to be followed, viz, fasting at certain periods, praying the God at prescribed intervals, offering food/sanctifying, etc.

The purpose of any religion is to inculcate a belief in the God, a self discipline by following certain customs. And, after gaining enough maturity, one has to discard the religion and move on to spirituality for realising the God, with the help of an accomplished Guru.

We have to remember that spirituality has no affiliation to any religion.

It is like a highway to the God and religions are like service roads.

All religions insisting of prayers to God at certain intervals, reading of respective Holy text, following respective customs.

What next?

The majority of the people following religions are being struck in the service roads only, but not reaching the highway, which will lead to the God.

Naturally, after offering prayers to God at certain intervals, reading of respective Holy text, following respective customs for certain period, they are hitting a DEAD END.

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Religion should connect to highway, ie., spirituality, if the aspirant desires so, and allows to move along the Highway towards the realisation of the God.

This spirituality, the gift to the mankind, has been beckoning the human beings following different faiths, to follow and realise the God within oneself.