We lose sight of the Real in the covering and come to consider that as the Real, instead of as the symbol.
This is an almost universal mistake.
Every great Teacher knows this and tries to guard against it; but humanity, in general, is prone to worship the seen rather than the unseen.
This is why a succession of prophets have come to the world to point again and again to the principle behind the personality and to give it a new covering suited to the times.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Discourses on Jnana-Yoga, US
This is an almost universal mistake.
Every great Teacher knows this and tries to guard against it; but humanity, in general, is prone to worship the seen rather than the unseen.
This is why a succession of prophets have come to the world to point again and again to the principle behind the personality and to give it a new covering suited to the times.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Discourses on Jnana-Yoga, US
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