राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

THE MORAL NATURE 25
tes the fanatic, the pietist, the ritualist
or the unctuous hypocrite. Religion
has to be lived, not learned as a creed.
The singular compromise made in the
so-called National Education of Bengal
making the teaching of religious beliefs
compulsory, but forbidding the practice
of anushtana or religious exercise, is a
sample of the ignorant confusion which
distracts men's mind on this subject.
The prohibition is a sop to secularism
declared or concealed. No religious
teaching is of any value unless it is
lived, and the use of various kinds of
sadhana, spiritual self-training and
exercise, is the only effective pre-
paration for religious living. The
ritual of prayer homage, ceremony is
craved for by many minds as an essen-
tial preparation and, if not made an
end in itself, is a great help to spiritual
progress ; if it is withheld, some other