Nama Article- 25-01-08

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Dear Members,

 

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

 

Vijay — But the people who reason in the manner of Vedanta also attain Him?

 

Sri Ramakrishna — Yes, He can also be attained by the path of reason. This is

known as Jnana Yoga. The path of reason is very difficult

 

Such a realization is difficult in Kaliyuga. Howsoever much you may reason, the

conviction that I am the body creeps in somehow and shows itself. You may cut

the peepal tree now, you may think that you have uprooted it but the very next

day in the morning you will see that a new sprout has shot up. The feeling of

the body does not leave you. Thus, the Bhakti Yoga is good and easy path in the

age of Kali.

 

I don’t want to become sugar, I like to eat it. I never feel like saying, ‘I am

Brahman.’ I say, ‘You are my Bhagavan and I Your servant.’

 

I desire that I shall sing His names and glories. The attitude of the Master and

the servant is very good. And see, everybody calls the wave of the Ganga, nobody

calls the Ganga of the wave. That ‘I am He’ is not a good feeling of I-ness. If

a person entertains such a feeling of I-ness while retaining the conviction that

I am the body, it brings great harm to him; he cannot advance further. He

gradually goes down spiritually. He deceives others and he also deceives

himself. He cannot understand his own state.”