THE LIGHT OF DHAMMA VOLUME III – PARIYATTI

Buddhist View Of Religion – Bhikkhu Silacara

What is religion? That question is one that has been asked by many. And it is a question to which many different answers have been given. Some have asked it out of a genuine desire to probe the why and the wherefore that men should concern themselves so much with something having no very obvious connection with the world the ordinary man lives in, the common world he world he perceives with his five senses. These are those commonly called materialists because they have little interest in anything that is not in some way connected with the world of matter, and are genuinely surprised and puzzled that any one else should not concerned about anything not belonging to that world.