IT is not good to say that what we ourselves think
of God is the only truth and what others think is
false; that because we think of God as formless,
therefore He is formless and cannot have any
form; that because we think of God as having
form, therefore He has form and cannot be
formless. Can a man really fathom God's nature?
This kind of friction exists between the Vaishnavas
and the Saktas. The Vaishnava says, 'My Kesava is
the only Saviour', whereas the Sakta insists, 'My
Bhagavati is the only Saviour.'
Once I took Vaishnavacharan8 to Mathur Babu9.
Mathur welcomed him with great courtesy and fed
him from silver plates. Now, Vaishnavacharan was
a very learned Vaishnava and an orthodox devotee
of his sect.
Mathur, on the other hand, was a devotee of the
Divine Mother. They were engaged in a friendly
discussion when suddenly Vaishnavacharan said,
"Kesava is the only Saviour." No sooner did
Mathur hear this than his face became red with
anger and he blurted out, "You rascal!" He was a
Sakta. Wasn't it natural for him to say like that? I
gave Vaishnavacharan a nudge!
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