The first phase of religion is magical, which is based on magic rituals of sacrifice to the gods. It is a kind of bribery so that the gods will help you, protect you. The magical religions leave people as they are---so people in it are more natural, primitive, uncultured.
The second phase is pseudo-religion: Hinduism, Christianity, Mohammedanism, Judaism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism. It shifts the focus to people. It wants to mold and change you. People who believe it are more sophisticated , more educated. Religion to them is not just ritual, it is their whole life's philosophy. Repression comes in this phase. No two religions agree on anything except repression---to turn you against yourself. It has condemned everything you love: food, sex, music, art, etc.
Your mind is a mirror, it simply reflects.
Without outer richness nobody becomes aware of the inner discontent. All the Jain masters were from royal families; so was Buddha. Western religions were born in poverty, the eastern religions were born in richness.Poor Indians are being converted to Christianity. Rich Americans are being converted to Buddhism.
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