Dadi-Nani Ki Kahaani Nani Ki Kahaani Nani Ki Kahaani

Some Introductory Stories
THE BIRTH OF RELIGIONS
People have always wondered, who created the world, and why.
The above question, also arose, in the minds of the people who lived, many many
years ago.
These ancient people started to have faith in an intelligent, Benign (good) Being,
who they called God.
These people developed their own method of worship.
That is how so many religions came into existence.
Since the Sun gives Light, Warmth, and therefore Life, many ancient religions
worshipped the Sun as god.
When people learned to cultivate crops, they realized that rains were important.
So they started to believe in a rain god and developed a method of worship.
For various such reasons, ancient people worshipped mountains, rivers, trees
etc.
Since man is happy when he receives gifts, the ancient people started to believe
that gods could be made happy, by the offering of presents. Some practices arose
which included various sacrifices to please the gods.
The ancient people started to build a house of god. The Hindus call it a temple,
the Christians, a church.
These houses of/for God were/are run by priests.
These priests, sometimes, stated that such and such worship was/is required,
for the well-being of the person, for the problem that he was/is currently facing.
Elaborate, expensive modes of worship came into existence.
When you go deep into any/every religion, it states that to please God, all one
requires is a compassionate, loving, caring and nurturing heart.
Let us look at how some of the religions, came into existence, and what they believe
in.
With love,
Dadi-Ma Nani-Ma