মতুয়া ধর্ম গ্রহণের প্রয়োজন কেনো?
Volume-XV, Issue-I, October 2026
Volume-XV, Issue-I, October 2026 | ||
Received: 15.10.2026 | Accepted: 26.10.2026 | |||
Published Online: 31.10.2026 | Page No: 30-41 | |||
DOI: 10.64031/pratidhwanitheecho.vol.15.issue.01W.133 | ||||
মতুয়া ধর্ম গ্রহণের প্রয়োজন কেনো? ড. তেজেন মন্ডল, রাজ্য সাহায্য প্রাপ্ত কলেজ শিক্ষক, রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান বিভাগ, শ্রীকৃষ্ণ কলেজ, নদীয়া, ভারত | |
Why Is It Necessary to Embrace Matua Religion? Dr. Tejen Mandal, SACT, Department of Political Science, Srikrishna College, Nadia, India | |
Atheists argue that there is no such thing as God in this world. Therefore, there is no real need for the religious practices that have developed around Him; they see these practices simply as a business strategy that wastes both time and money. Marxists have compared religion to opium. Similarly, the Charvaka philosophers of Hindu thought did not accept the existence of God. They wanted to live as human beings, for human beings, relying on reason and science. They believe that the main problem is that most religious people fail to understand the basic question: what is the real purpose of human life? As a result, religious people often behave in ways that are no different from the irreligious and sometimes become terribly inhuman. At present, nearly 79.8 per cent, or around 115 crore people, in India are Hindus and believe in Hinduism. Ideally, all of them should have been able to speak in one voice. But in reality, this has not been possible. That is why different religions and schools of thought such as Buddhism, Jainism, Charvaka (Lokayata philosophy), and Matua emerged in opposition to it. Religion means that which a person accepts and follows in order to find a path towards a better and more meaningful life, following its teachings so that one can realise the good and welfare of life. But in a pluralistic country like India, the force that has been described as Brahminism and is seen as a major factor behind the division of people into different communities, castes, and tribes could not provide a universal principle for all. On the contrary, different communities coming together and becoming united as one people were often viewed with suspicion. They were divided on various pretexts, hated, exploited, oppressed, and treated with distrust. As a result, they were eventually forced to move away. | |
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