Religion and spirituality are talked about a lot by the worldly minded people.  The two are grossly misunderstood as one and the same thing. In fact, they are two totally different and distinct elements.  It is difficult to define religion in single, clear-cut and concise form.  Religion is a set of duties of an individual in a given set of circumstances based upon an organized set of beliefs and practices set by the society, community, faith or a group at a given time.  The goal of religion is to provide an appropriate direction to its members so that they can achieve union with the Lord, whereas Spirituality relates to that union, the concept of God and, that the other manifestations also have the same divinity residing in them.  Spirituality focuses one specific goal – sacred or God.  In that sense, religion is only the means and spirituality is the goal or the end itself.  The means form the path through which a goal is achieved.  The goal (destination) and the means (road) are not identical or synonymous.  Nevertheless, they are two integral, distinct and important parts of human endeavour that form the cornerstone for the highest development of man.