"religion, imo, was originally understood as repeating wholesome benificial actions and consistantly refraining from unwholesome, unbenificial ones"
"originally" sure, this is basic religion, like Judaism, Brahminism & Islam. its called morality. believe you consistEntly do good and get reborn in some kind of heaven. for some, doing good includes suicide bombings, they get so obsessed with benEficial & unbenEficial kaRma
ultimately, religion is understood as the mind liberated