Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Religion Centered

Covey has suggested readers to create a principle-centered approach to succeed in life. I think that almost all the religions define the same correct principles for judgement of good and bad things in life, for instance all religions value truthfulness, honesty, integrity etc,

In such a situation I think that religion can act as a strong base for creation of a principle centered approach; that is a religion already correctly pre-defines some principles for us to follow and thus a religious-centered person can find it easy to set the right principles for a principle-centered approach.

This is my personal viewpoint and fellows I would really love your opinion on this.
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11 comments:

Rizwan Javaid said...

This is quite optimistic!

November 12, 2008 at 4:19 AM
Waqas Nasir Butt said...
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November 12, 2008 at 4:26 AM
bahawalshahryar said...

Riz do you mean to say that it is too good a thing to expect a religious centered person to be well-principled centered as well. You see when a person is properly religion(say any religion) centered he is already given some correct principles to follow; he's already a philanthrohist, he's already a social worker, he's already a truthful person and so on. I hope u get my point.

November 12, 2008 at 4:28 AM
Waqas Nasir Butt said...

interesting it is a great post which put myself into great feeling and more closer to religion.if we put ourselves according to the good teachings of any religion that we follow, I think we can become better principle centered.
and further more all the seven habits becomes successfull when we really understand the true meaning of our faith.

November 12, 2008 at 4:35 AM
Zahir Shah said...

As far i could understand from bahawals posting is that being relegious centered helps us being principle centered. I do agree to his point of view because he means following 'the values' of relegion. But lets not forget that in this diverse and multicultured world every relegion has its own traditions and rites. Usually following relegion means following those traditions and rites regardless of the moral and ethical aspect of it. This is, unfortunatly, very common in our country, where people celebrate every rite and perform the so called religious obligations, but they are very dishonest in almost every other aspect of their lives. Therefore, if we say religious centered we should make sure that we mean it, so that it could make us principle centered in real sense.

November 12, 2008 at 4:47 AM
bahawalshahryar said...

Great Zahir. You have always got this ability to clarify the things further. I agree with you and by religious centered I do refer to those people who are spiritually enlightened in the real sense; not the ones who perform every religious obligation without the slightest thought for humanity but those like Buddha who develop a religious/spiritual link and then automatically develop the right principles for themselves.

November 12, 2008 at 4:59 AM
Sherry said...

I want to add something that, If you are religious centered then you would have sense of what principles you are going to follow *predefined principles*,As religion influence your deeds and acts. But, one thing keeping in mind that an individual built his own values from his/her surroundings which some times could be right and might be wrong on the other hand.. Realization of what you are doing i think is most important...

November 12, 2008 at 9:41 AM
bahawalshahryar said...

yes and realization is enhanced by true religious/spiritual thinking.

November 13, 2008 at 3:55 AM
Usman said...

I take the liberty to disagree on some issues Mr. Bahawal.

True, religion is the best way to erect principles, but what about issues on which there is some ambiguity.

For example;
If a person is dying with unbearable pain, lets say he has a bullet lodged in his lungs, and help is far off, does he have the right to commit suicide to easen his suffering?
Or
Haram food may be utilized in case of starvation. So if a person is desperate, can he also take a loan from a bank keeping in mind the high interest rate.


So in my opinion, religion can be used to erect principles as long as it is understood clearly and common sense is used on notions on which human faith is silent.

November 15, 2008 at 1:32 PM
bahawalshahryar said...

Well yar take the liberty; it would be my great pleasure.

The very concept I had been focusing on is that when we truly understand any religion, we achieve spiritual enlightment that helps us to set many good principles for ourselves. And I clarified before that by religion centered I refer to a person who truly understands religion.

And Mr Usman I think Principles are Principles and they cannot be excused just on the basis of common sense or logic.If common sense is to be the criterion then there is no need for principles.

November 17, 2008 at 3:34 AM
Usman said...

Mr. Bahawal, in a way religion and common sense go side by side. Religion implants some core values and common sense exercises them. So it wont be incorrect to say that they both have to be with each other in order to make it all work.

What i am talking about is exercising those principles in the right manner. For example, it is against my principles to steal. Yet, i have not eaten for days so i am forced to. I am exercising my common sense on an issue which is not against my religion.

But these are just the simple parts. There are others like euthanasia, greenhouse effect, etc..

November 22, 2008 at 5:57 AM

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