Sri Ramakrishna said “God has made different religions to
suit different aspirations, times and countries. All doctrines are only so many
paths; but a path is by no means God Himself. Indeed, one can reach God if one
follows any of the paths with whole-hearted devotion. One may eat a cake with
icing either straight or sideways. It will taste sweet either way. … As one can
ascend to the tope of a house by means of a ladder or a bamboo or a staircase
or a rope, so diverse are the ways and means to approach God and every religion
in the world shows one of these ways”
Sri Ramakrishna was trying to explain here that there are
many different religions and none of them are either right nor wrong. And if
you follow one of these paths whole-hearted then you will find god. He wanted
to make clear that it makes no difference how you get there because everyone
who is religious is trying to achieve the same thing. All that matters is that
they get there.
