God is not a person but a presence, not a flower but a fragrance; hence no statue can do justice to god. He has no boundary, no shape, no form.
The word 'god' can mislead one, because it gives one the feeling that he is a person; then he must be somewhere, then he must be someone.
The whole idea of god the father, the supreme self, the creator -- all these attributes have arisen because of a misinterpretation.
To think of god as a person is to miss the point. God is an experience like love. You cannot visualise love, you cannot visualise god either; you can experience both.
There is no possibility of praising god because what can we say about the ultimate? Whatsoever we say will be wrong. Lao Tzu says that to say the truth is to falsify it. The moment you utter it, it is no longer the truth, it becomes a lie.
And all our prayers in the churches, in the temples, in the mosques, are nothing but praises of god: 'You are great, you are compassionate, you are this, you are that...' and god is beyond praise. All our words fall short, they are bound to fall short. They are needed for a human dialogue, they are useful, but the whole language is man's creation.
God knows no language. So to be in utter silence is the only true prayer. To say anything is to destroy it.
