The tree is known by its fruits.

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The tree is known by its fruits. When I have seen amongst them that are called idolaters, men, the like of whom in morality and spirituality and love I have never seen anywhere, I stop and ask myself, "Can sin beget holiness?"

Source Vivekananda, Addresses at The Parliament of Religions, Paper on Hinduism, §13 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Swami Vivekananda, a spiritual path is known by its fruits: among believers whom others scorned as “idolaters,” that is, worshippers of images, he met a rare morality, spirituality and love. Today, before judging someone by their beliefs or appearance, look instead at the goodness of their actions.

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