Ritual

When the spiritual teacher and his disciples began their
evening meditation, the cat who lived in the monastery
made such noise that it distracted them. So the teacher
ordered that the cat be tied up during the evening practice.
Years later, when the teacher died, the cat continued to be
tied up during the meditation session. And when the cat
eventually died, another cat was brought to the monastery
and tied up. Centuries later, learned descendants of the
spiritual teacher wrote scholarly treatises about the
religious significance of tying up a cat for meditation
practice.
Moral:- A Perfect example to explain the ritual system which we
follow. In almost all the religions we follow some kind of
ritual, without trying to understand why we do that. Some
spiritual people wear a special kind of hat etc. Some keep
long hairs and some don't keep hairs. All these rituals are
not helpful in the path to enlightenment.