"The word (Religion) comes from the Latin infinitive 'religare: re, meaning back, (and) ligare, to bind; or, that which binds one back. The purpose of religion is to bind man back to his source, to his origin." MMY SOBAL page 255HB
"The rituals of the various religions represent the body, and the practice of directly experiencing Being represents the spirit. Both are NECESSARY and should go hand in hand. One will not survive without the other." MMY ibid Religion (the Vedic Shastras) and its practical aspect, Yoga should go hand in hand. All eight limbs of Patanjali's Asht-anga (8 limbed) Yoga were meant to be practiced simultaneously. "With the continuous practice of ALL these limbs, or means (notice he uses the word 'means'), simultaneously, the state of Yoga grows simultaneously in all the eight spheres of life,..." MMY Gita Appendix on Yoga
