If You Want To Go East, Don't

Right Discrimination Is Of Two Kinds Analytical And Synthetical. The First Leads One From The Phenomena To The Absolute Brahman, While By The Second One Knows How The Absolute Brahman Appears As The Universe.

Different People Call On [god] By Different Names: Some As Allah, Some As God, And Others As Krishna, Siva, And Brahman. It Is Like The Water In A Lake. Some Drink It At One Place And Call It 'jal', Others At Another Place And Call It 'pani', And Still Others At A Third Place And Call It 'water'. The Hindus Call It 'jal', The Christians 'water', And The Moslems 'pani'. But It Is One And The Same Thing.

It's Enough To Have Faith In One Aspect Of God. But Never Get Into Your Head That Your Faith Alone Is True And Every Other Is False.

The Sun Can Give Heat And Light To The Whole World, But He Cannot Do So When The Clouds Shut Out His Rays. Similarly As Long As Egotism Veils The Heart, God Cannot Shine Upon It.

You See Many Stars In The Sky At Night, But Not When The Sun Rises. Can You Therefore Say That There Are No Stars In The Heavens During The Day? Because You Cannot Find God In The Days Of Your Ignorance, Say Not That There Is No God.