Which is great- deeds or religion?

There is famous saying- “God don't look at your religion but look at your deeds. Your deeds will come under scrutiny than the religion you hold. There is no use of the tags you hold proudly in the name of religion, because it won't serve the ultimate purpose. Your deeds are the indicators of your life lived, so god looks to that than your religious tags. If you are concentrating only on religious rituals and ceremonies and forgetting to concentrate on human beings then you are in a wrong way. Learn to think about humans which are also creation of god. God created religion and also he created humans, so both are his creation. So why you take one and leave other? If you can't do good deeds then there is no meaning for works you do in the world.

Religion are not just a set of philosophical theories. If it is only theories then why they teach the mortal to cultivate great characteristics qualities like- sincerity, goodness, righteous, truthfulness, liberality, kindness, unselfish etc? For a thinker there is no need of such qualities, he just want to know what is the truth, so why religions teach those good qualities? Because man is a social being, so he should interact with other beings for having a smooth life. While interacting with others you should reflect those qualities in the character. Life becomes miserable without those good qualities. Our life will be overshadowed by evilness if we don't cultivate those qualities.

When we deal with others what we look mostly? How we enter into a venture?Let the other guy be your friend or not, relative or not, colleagues or not, the first thing we look is genuineness. When we think of making a business deal, you will check whether your partner is genuine, truthful? If we feel satisfied that he wont cheat you, then you enter into a contract with him. So is the case of making friends and life partner. No one like to marry a cheating partner or cheating friend. No one gives ears to cheating relative. So you are selling your character when you interact with others, thus character is vital than money or products.

You are entering into a contract because of genuineness and the moment you think he don't have genuineness, then contracts are broken. It is also the case with family ties and friendships. We enter into it because of genuineness and when you think partner is not genuine relationship vanishes. Can you imagine of a world where there is no sincerity? where there is no truthfulness?where there is no mentality to help each other? where there is no love? Can you afford to live in such a world? Even a thought about such a world will make you panic. Because it will be hell. So we can't relax with just believes, deeds are equally important for gaining god's attention.

Why we are happy?

Buddha said ¨Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind wrought. If with a pure mind one speaks or acts, happiness follows one like one's never-departing shadow¨

Mind controls life. Just like a driver controls his vehicle, the mind controls a person. His good and bad deeds are under the compulsion of mind. Attitude determines the function of the mind. A righteous can´t act selfishly. If ones basic attitude is to do good, he do good irrespective of circumstances. On the contrary, if the basic attitude is selfishness; then he is vulnerable to good and bad deeds as per situations unfold. Thus its obvious that actions are propelled by attitudes and attitudes directs the mind.

Peaceful living is possible only when mental attitude is strong. Strong mental attitude depends upon on good deeds. Mortals become fearless by consistently performing good deeds. Only those, termed as strong are those who are fearless. One who abstained from doing good wont be fearless. One may seems fearless from the outward glitter, but that fearlessness is only a fiction, because one can fool others but not himself. He will be aware of his wrong doing without any doubt. Hence that boldness is more of an ignorance than wisdom. Its like a bubble which can burst at any moment.

On the other hand, fearless of a righteous sprouts from wisdom. Its a conviction germinated as a result of behaving nothing wrong. When one have not done anything wrong, then whom will he fear? Pain mostly, is an outcome of guiltiness from wrong doing. Absence of fears to an extend is the absence of pain. Happiness shines when the shadow of pain cast off.

The psychological difference between the righteous and untruthful, is this fearless aroused from wisdom. Light of Wisdom never sets. Shadow appears and sustain only when there is light. Darkness is the sign of Ignorance thereby wont prevail in radiance. Glory of righteous basks forever like a shadow sustained by light. When one do good deeds all the time, he feels the happiness of doing it, this happiness will endure, till he turn his back to goodness.