The Reality is one and the same; the difference is in name and form. It is like water, called in different languages by different names, such as 'jal', 'pani', and so forth.
There are three or four ghats on a lake. The Hindus, who drink water at one place, call it 'jal'. The Mussalmans at another place call it 'pani'. And the English at a third place call it 'water'.
All three denote one and the same thing, the difference being in the name only.
In the same way, some address the Reality as 'Allah', some as 'God', some as 'Brahman', some as 'Kāli', and others by such names as 'Rama', 'Jesus', 'Durga', 'Hari.'
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 135
(October 27, 1882)
There are three or four ghats on a lake. The Hindus, who drink water at one place, call it 'jal'. The Mussalmans at another place call it 'pani'. And the English at a third place call it 'water'.
All three denote one and the same thing, the difference being in the name only.
In the same way, some address the Reality as 'Allah', some as 'God', some as 'Brahman', some as 'Kāli', and others by such names as 'Rama', 'Jesus', 'Durga', 'Hari.'
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 135
(October 27, 1882)
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