It&#x27;s like tradition. You don&#x27;t say it&#x27;s tradition to eat dinner - because there&#x27;s a clear and logical reason why.<p>Meditation has empirical benefits. Meditation is good. If you believe you have to meditate to not go to flaming eternal hell, that&#x27;s religion.<p>So I&#x27;d argue, keep the logic, drop the religion.