我们通常所了解或认定的宗教，是一堆信仰、教条、仪轨、迷信、偶像崇拜、符咒，以及度你抵达究竟的大师，等等。所谓究竟真理，其实是你的精神投射，这投射令你期待，令你愉悦，为你赋予永生之境的安定感。所以，心沉迷于斯，就会构建出宗教：教义、神职、迷信、偶像崇拜……当你陷入其中时，心就停滞了。

这是宗教真义吗？宗教，只是信仰问题吗？只是参学别人的经验与主张吗？或者说，难道宗教只是遵循道德规范吗？你知道，遵守道德规范——诸恶莫作，众善奉行——这相对容易。因为容易，所以你能仿造出一套道德体系，但在这道德体系背后，潜伏着你的自我，不断膨胀、扩张、挑衅、操控。但，这是宗教真义吗？

人生唯一要紧的，是觉悟何谓真实，而不是日子是贫是富、婚姻是否幸福、有没有孩子，因为这一切将终期于尽，总有完结之时。所以，你必须放下所有信条，去探索，你必须焕发出生命力、自立精神和原创力，这样你才能独立觉悟何谓真理，何谓神性。而信仰，不能给你任何东西，只会让你的心腐坏、桎梏、昏昧。唯有通过生命的活力，通过自立，心灵才能自由解放。

——克里希那穆提《生命书：365观心日课》（The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti）

Is Religion a Matter of Belief?

Religion as we generally know it or acknowledge it, is a series of beliefs, of dogmas, of rituals, of superstitions, of worship of idols, of charms and gurus that will lead you to what you want as an ultimate goal. The ultimate truth is your projection, that is what you want, which will make you happy, which will give a certainty of the deathless state. So the mind caught in all this creates a religion, a religion of dogmas, of priest-craft, of superstitions and idol-worship—and in that, you are caught, and the mind stagnates.

Is that religion? Is religion a matter of belief, a matter of knowledge of other people’s experiences and assertions? Or is religion merely the following of morality? You know it is comparatively easy to be moral—to do this and not to do that. Because it is easy, you can imitate a moral system. Behind that morality lurks the self, growing, expanding, aggressive, dominating. But is that religion?

You have to find out what truth is because that is the only thing that matters, not whether you are rich or poor, not whether you are happily married and have children, because they all come to an end, there is always death. So, without any form of belief, you must find out; you must have the vigor, the self-reliance, the initiative, so that for yourself you know what truth is, what God is. Belief will not give you anything; belief only corrupts, binds, darkens. The mind can only be free through vigor, through self-reliance.

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