VML-3/9/02

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Of course the impersonal idea is very destructive; it takes away all

trade from the priests, churches, and temples. In India there is a

famine now, but there are temples in each one of which there are

jewels worth a king's ransom! If the priests taught this Impersonal

idea to the people, their occupation would be gone. Yet we have to

teach it unselfishly, without priestcraft. You are God and so am I;

who obeys whom ? Who worships whom ? You are the highest temple of

God; I would rather worship you than any temple, image, or Bible.

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Ramakrishna, ananta <sarada@g...> wrote:

> Of course the impersonal idea is very destructive; it takes away

all

> trade from the priests, churches, and temples. In India there is a

> famine now, but there are temples in each one of which there are

> jewels worth a king's ransom! If the priests taught this Impersonal

> idea to the people, their occupation would be gone. Yet we have to

> teach it unselfishly, without priestcraft. You are God and so am I;

> who obeys whom ? Who worships whom ? You are the highest temple of

> God; I would rather worship you than any temple, image, or Bible.

 

Please excuse my ignorance in my inability to understand this

message. Many questions have arisen in my mind. Arent temples and

churches designated places of worshipping God? Do the priests not

work to help the individuals in supporting their bhakti? Are all

priests selfish? Where in India the famine exists? Is acquiring

wealth anything against God? Is worshipping images of God wrong?

I am confused.

 

Sam