Although I have no problem with traditions, and rather enjoy them, it does seem that tradition would impede progress. I mean, check out the Amish. It's an extreme example, but an Amish infatuation and dedication to tradition has completely halted any and all "progress" that may have taken place.

Then again, the word progress is impossible to define. Perhaps an Amish style of living is progress, and a 'normal' lifestyle is a decline. Who's to judge?

I see tradition as doing something over and over without considering new ways to do it. You just do it because of the sake of tradition... because your grandparents and their parents were doing it... so we continue to pass it on. Traditions become　mental paradigms that hinder our ability to do things differently.

Relligions are full of traditions. In the catholic church in latin america often times you see the priest walk around with an insense thing that gives off smoke. No one really knows why but there must be something "sacred" about it. The truth is that it was done in the past in order to fend off mosquitos. But now it is continued because it became a tradition.

so yeah, if progress is to move forward , traditions of any kind are an obstacle.

Usually, some form of punishment comes as a result of not following tradition. This discourages people from trying new things.

yes sati is an example many brilliant women have lost their life due to sati nd lot of improvement has has gone

Yes, but with a very large HOWEVER...

First, what is tradition? And also what is progress?

Tradition is a natural enemy to progress because progress is the antithesis to tradition. The words are antonyms.

However, if you mean, for example, the belief in God being an obstacle to progress, or anything along that line, that is beyond a question of tradition and progress.

I hope we are speaking just of scientific inquiry. Otherwise, this topic doesn't work well as an argument because the natural and supernatural are different, and thus cannot be easily compared.

in many ways it is. things like religion, and marriage stand in the way. religion is telling people how to think and what to do rather than have people think for themselves and adjust to the times and environment appropriately.

yes tradition is an obstacle to progress.

TRADITIONS ARE UNWRITTEN BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS THAT ARE HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATIONS TO GENERATIONS ..

PROGRESS MEANS TO ADVANCE FROM ONE STAGE TO ANOTHER...

WE HAVE NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED FROM OUR ANCESTORS RATHER WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS DESTRUCTION BY BREAKING THE TRADITIONAL VALUES.TRADITION INVOKES THE PRINCIPLE THAT OLD WAYS OF DOING THINGS ARE MORE SAFER, MORE RELIABLE AND HENCE BETTER THAN THE NEW ONES , WHICH ARE BASED ON UNTESTED WAYS .IN SHORT OLD IS GOLD . IN TRADITION OLD PRACTICES HAVE VALUES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE OLD OR AT LEAST THEY GIVES US A SENSE OF CONTINUITY WITH THE PAST . IN CONTRAST MODERN CONCEPT OF PROGRESS DISCARDS TRADITION AS OBSOLETE AND DISPROVEN . THE MODERN CONCEPT SAYS IF IF THE OLDER TRADITIONAL IDEAS ARE SUPPOSEDLY THE BETTER ONES THEN THE MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL IDEAS ARE EVEN SUPERRIOR...

in front of my life, tradition have to prevent progress.....

do you know? any one of philosopher have said, "follow us progress, if that progress not to make a fuss from religious", and now i see, progress make religious have to easy to publish, and than, progress haven't wrong to...........

In early time animal sacrifices were there ,which was a tradition.It is not a good to sacrifice animal for our will.So,I think tradition is an obstacle to success

see i can understand v hv to follow our own tradition ,bt f v go to some other country s it nessary v hv to carry it wit us?

Tradition will stand in the way of progress. The older generation does not want to change.

i think that traditions are just what we believe in blindly. take an example of superstitions we say if we sneeze once then it is a bad omen but if we sneeze twice it becomes our lucky charm. how many of us in this busy life pay attention n count their sneezes. we have often beliefs that if we wear this ring our future will be fruitful and also we see many now if that would be the case then there would be no need to study we'll wear a ring and not study hard and get a gud result. what we need is good judging of things taking place in our society. we say we come across a badluck when a black cat cuts our way. if it is so then if a student is studious n he is going to give interview n he is well deserved but when he is on his way a cat cuts off his path it means no need to go to give interview u r failed. we should change our mentality as we emerge into new time being or else we'll lag behind still following old and useless customs which have no value and no profit in this time.