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GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA

towards the North, but some one will sooner or later direct him in the right way and he will surely visit Jagannâth in the end. The one thing necessary for realization is whole-hearted and whole-souled devotion to God.

Vaishnavas, Mahometans, Christians and Hindus are all longing for the same God; butMany names of one God. they do not know that He who is Krishna is also Shiva, Divine Mother, Christ and Allah. God is one, but He has many names. The Substance is one, but is worshipped under different names according to the time, place and nationality of His worshippers. All the different Scriptures of the world speak of the same God. He who is described in the Vedas as Absolute Existence-Intelligence-Bliss or Brahman, is also described in the Tantras^[1] as Shiva, in the Purânas^[2] as Krishna, in the Koran as Allah, and in the Bible as Christ. Yet

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takes place every year. Hence the common expression "The Car of Juggernath."

1. Tantras are sacred writings of the Shaiva and Sâkta sects among the Hindus.
2. Purânas are the sacred Scriptures of the Hindus next in authority to the Vedas. There are 18 Great Purânas and many smaller Purânas.

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