The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - 12 (concluding part)

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• Scepticism is a stage in the path of God-realization. One

must pass through stages like this and go much farther; only thus

can one realize God.

 

• When your mind attains the state in which one sees God, you

will know God to be real.

 

• God cannot be known by reasoning. By faith alone does one

attain everything - knowledge and super-knowledge. By faith alone

can one see God and become intimate with Him.

 

• One cannot enjoy the Bliss of Brahman unless one completely

rids oneself of attachment to worldly things.

 

• A man forgets God if he is entangled in the world of maya

through a woman. It is the Mother of the Universe who has assumed

the form of maya, the form of woman. One who knows this rightly,

does not feel like leading the life of maya in the world. But he who

truly realizes that all women are manifestations of the Divine

Mother, may lead a spiritual life in the world. Without realizing

God, one cannot truly know what a woman is.

 

• Keep your mind firm on God. He who is a hero lives with a

woman but does not indulge in physical pleasures.

 

• " Contemplating always the Absolute Brahman " - that is the

characteristic of a yogi.

 

• God dwells in everybody's heart. He is the Inner Guide.

 

 

(Compiled by Mr. C. P. Kumar, Scientist, National Institute of

Hydrology, Roorkee - 247667 (Uttarakhand), INDIA)