Basis of our Karma

To me, I'd say Spirituality should be more important, as It's a better indicator of a person's nature and the way they act, whereas people can commit all sorts of abuses using "religion" as a cover. Let me try and show an example. A "religious" person prays every single day, follows all the laws set out in their scriptures, and tries to generally be good in the hope that they will get some kind of reward (e.g. the afterlife). The thing is, their main motivation for doing so is ultimately their own benefit and welfare. A "spiritual" person might not have a particular religion, but may try to help people, give to charity, or do some sort of community work simply feeling that It's "the right thing to do". Now, given the choice of the two examples above, I'd hope that the Spiritual person receives better karma than the Religious one. Of course, things aren't that simple, because virtually all religions teach that charity and helping others is a good thing, but I hope you can see the point I'm trying to make - somebody who wants to help others without expecting something back is better than somebody who wants to help others for more selfish reasons.

For me it's Spirituality. It comprises almost everything. Attitude, behavior, mental activities, how we think, how we react and respond, how we communicate, our intentions, etc. Religions differ from each other. There are Religious Laws which are unacceptable to other Religions thus creating disunity. Remember God wants everyone to act as One. Some religious practices do not guarantee the person's salvation. For example, a person went to praise God. But after that, he curses, gets angry at his boss, etc. Spirituality determines a person's whole-being whether he's connected with God or not. It is seen though his actions and words, which are results of his thinking.