The term Religion is combination of two words, ‘Re’ and ‘ligare’, where

‘Re’ means again and ‘ligare’ means to connect, tie, bind. So, the term

Religion means to connect again. Every living form on this earth is

disconnected from its true source i.e. Eternal Pure Consciousness.

Only human beings have the privilege to return to that state of pure

consciousness. Thus, Religion, essentially means the art connecting

again to the lost world and religious sects means the organised

institutions that teach the art, ways, methods of disconnecting from

temporary world and connecting to Eternal world.

The Role of Religious Sects

There are several religious sects prevailing in todays world like

Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism etc. These ‘-isms’ actually

means ‘the way of life’ and living. So, when we say about the religion

Jainism — we actually mean jain way of life and living to connect to

eternal pure consciousness. When we talk about Hindu Religion — we

mean hindu ways of life and living to connect to Infinite pure

consciousness. Since the experience of this Pure Consciousness is

blissfulness (i.e. eternal and infinite happiness) every human being is

naturally inclined towards the path of religion.