Multiple Masks

"God has made different religions to suit different aspirants, times, and countries. All doctrines are only so many paths; but a path is by no means God himself. Indeed, one can reach God if one follows any of the paths with wholehearted devotion."


[DD 5/17/2006]

"You may have no doubt heard the story of the chameleon. A man entered a wood and saw a chameleon on a tree. He reported to his friends 'I have seen a red lizard'. He was firmly convinced that it was nothing but red. Another person after visiting the tree said, 'I have seen a green lizard'. He was firmly convinced that it was nothing but green. But the man who lived under the tree said, 'What both of you have said is true, but the fact is that the creature is sometimes red, sometimes green, sometimes yellow, and sometimes has no color at all.'"

-Ramakrishna, “The Gospel of Ramakrishna”