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—Swami Sivananda—
O Children of Divine Light!
Adorations, Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya.
I shall tell you a story. This will show you that this is not good to be narrow-minded. A foolish devotee had a golden image of Buddha which she took wherever she went. She came to a monastery where many images of Buddha were kept. She did not like the other Buddhas; she liked only her own. Whenever she burnt incense before her image, she never liked that the fumes should go to the others. She drew a curtain round the image. In a few months her Buddha, due to the fumes, became dark and grim, while the others were shinging still.
Similar is the case with the narrow-minded persons. They do not honour the faiths of others. But God remains in all faiths. The narrow-minded man does not know this, and so he hates others’ faith. So he is not loved by God. In real faith, there are truth, purity and love. Never be narrow-minded.
With all love and Om.
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