Swami Vivekananda was intensely religious but never a superstitious person. Religion refines the brute in man and takes him to God. Swamiji gives a new interpretation. If we want to take people to religion, we must first remove the evils of hunger and starvation. Usually, religion is believed to rest on the premises of mere beliefs without giving any scientific credentials and the very sustenance is by the authority of the scriptures1. Swamiji counters this misconception and says that the parameters of science and religion are identical. There is a systematic method to achieve the fullness of religion. Spiritual bliss is perhaps the ultimate gain of following a religion. But there are many benefits to religion. It brings eternity into our lives. We can understand this only by experience. What is the basic reality of religion? Prophets and great leaders of religion did not only believe in a religion but had the very experience of this reality. The lesser benefits of religion make our lives meaningful and robust both as an individual and as a member of a collective society. If there is a God in religion, it is not a separate identity but the very essence of our consciousness. He is not an object but is the very consciousness of all objects.