The elephant is God also, but God in the shape of the elephant-driver was warning you also from above. Why did you not pay heed to his warnings? • Many are the names of God, and infinite the forms that lead us to know Him. Foto bugil payudara kendor dan puting besar. In whatsoever name or form you desire to call Him, in that very form and name you will see Him. • Saying 5; variant translation: More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. Sri Ramakrishna was the spiritual preacher who has accepted all religions as one. Swami Vivekananda was the first direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Selected ramakrishna quotes from the book gospel of sri ramakrishna. Ramakrishna paramhansa advocated the path of devotion or bhakti marg to people. According to him, in kaliyug the path of devotion is best suited to mankind. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realize Him. • Four blind men went to see an elephant. One touched the leg of the elephant, and said, 'The elephant is like a pillar.' The second touched the trunk, and said, 'The elephant is like a thick stick or club.' The third touched the belly, and said, 'The elephant is like a big jar.' The fourth touched the ears, and said, 'The elephant is like a winnowing basket.' Thus they began to dispute amongst themselves as to the figure of the elephant. A passer-by seeing them thus quarrelling, said, 'What is it that you are disputing about?' They told him everything, and asked him to arbitrate. That man said, ' None of you has seen the elephant. The elephant is not like a pillar, its legs are like pillars. It is not like a big water-vessel, its belly is like a water-vessel. It is not like a winnowing basket, its ears are like winnowing baskets. It is not like a thick stick or club, but its proboscis is like that. The elephant is the combination of all these.' In the same manner those quarrel who have seen one aspect only of the Deity. Different creeds are but different paths to reach the Almighty. • Saying 6; this is a variant of widely used teaching anecdotes of India involving. • It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal. So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked. • Saying 13 • The manifestation of the Divinity must be understood to be in greater degree in those who are honoured, respected, and obeyed by a large following, than in those who have gained no such influence. • Saying 14 • The Master said: 'Everything that exists is God.' The pupil understood it literally, but not in the true spirit. While he was passing through a street, he met with an elephant.
![]() The driver (mahut) shouted aloud from his high place, 'Move away, move away!' The pupil argued in his mind, 'Why should I move away? I am God, so is the elephant also God. What fear has God of Himself?' Thinking thus he did not move.
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