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Fanatics little understand the infinite power of love in the hearts of these great sages who looked upon the inhabitants of this world as their children. They were the real fathers, the real gods, filled with infinite sympathy and patience for everyone; they were ready to bear and forbear. They knew how human society should grow, and patiently slowly, surely, went on applying their remedies, not by denouncing and frightening people, but by gently and kindly leading them upwards step by step. Such were the writers of the Upanishads.
Source Vivekananda, Jnana-Yoga, Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God, §17 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Swami Vivekananda, the great sages of India, such as the authors of the Upanishads, the sacred texts of ancient India, loved people as their children and guided them not through fear but with gentleness and patience, step by step. Today, if you must correct or advise someone, do it with that same gentleness, without denouncing or frightening.
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