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God Can Be Realized Through All Paths. All Religions Are True. The Important Thing Is To Reach The Roof. You Can Reach It By Stone Stairs Or By Wooden Stairs Or By Bamboo Steps Or By A Rope. You Can Also Climb Up By A Bamboo Pole.

Many People Think They Cannot Have Knowledge Or Understanding Of God Without Reading Books. But Hearing Is Better Than Reading, And Seeing Is Better Than Hearing. Hearing About Benares Is Different From Reading About It; But Seeing Benares Is Different From Either Hearing Or Reading.

You Speak Of Doing Good To The World. Is The World Such A Small Thing? And Who Are You, Pray, To Do Good To The World? First Realise God, See Him By Means Of Spiritual Discipline. If He Imparts Power You Can Do Good To Others; Otherwise Not.

Who May Be Called A Paramahamsa? He Who, Like A Swan, Can Take The Milk From A Mixture Of Milk And Water, Leaving Aside The Water. He Who, Like An Ant, Can Take The Sugar From A Mixture Of Sugar And Sand, Leaving Aside The Sand.

Honour Both Spirit And Form, The Sentiment Within As Well As The Symbol Without.