Chapter 17 verse 2
“The Supreme Divine Personality said: Every human being is born with innate faith, which can be of three kinds—sāttvic, rājasic, or tāmasic. Now hear about this from me.”
Arjuna
enquired about people who have faith even if they don’t follow the sanatana
dharma scriptures. Bhagwan replies that every being has faith in someone or
something. Even if someone doesn’t believe in God since they cannot see
Him/Her, then their belief is in what their eyes are able to see. Religion is a
combination of belief, faith and opinion. All religious sayings need not be truth.
Absolute truth is beyond religion, faith, opinion and belief. It is the same
for everyone and everybody irrespective of background, race, religion or any
other social/material construct. Bhagwan says that everyone’s faith is filtered
or clouded by their innate vasanas or tendencies. Their tendencies could be sāttvic,
rājasic, or tāmasic and accordingly their faith and nature of faith would vary.
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