A sage was approached by a king, “Please tell me what God is like?”
The sage was unmoved and silent.
After a few minutes the king repeated his request but got no response.
The king now lost his patience and forcefully asked the sage, “Please tell me! What is He like? What is He like?”
The sage finally replied, “All this time I was telling you, O king! For silence is His name!”
That which is beyond space and time cannot be captured or understood by words and logic. The only approach to God is in silence. The silence from thought. The silence from form. The silence from expectations. And the silence from words and action.
This story has been mentioned in “The master as I saw him” by Sister Nivedita.
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