Hold on with faith and strength. Be true, be honest, be pure, and don't quarrel among yourselves. Jealousy is the bane of our race.
Letter to Alasinga Perumal. From New York: December 20, 1895. Complete Works, 5.99.
Memoirs of fifties Akividu or Akiveedu (ఆకివీడు), and neighbouring villages. Educational, geographical, historical, literary, philosophical, religious and social postings included. Copyright Raju (PD). (bondadaa@gmail.com)
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Lesser to a higher truth
In all religions we travel from a lesser to a higher truth, never from error to truth. There is Oneness behind all creation, but minds are various. "That which exists is one, sages call it variously." What I mean is that one progresses from a smaller to a greater truth. The worst religions are only bad readings of the truth. One gets to understand bit by bit. Even devil-worship is but a perverted reading of the ever-true and immutable Brahman. Other phases have more or less truth in them. No form of religion possesses it entirely.
Interview. London, 1896. Complete Works, 5: 202.
