Sri Ramakrishna says monastic life will not help a man if he is attached to the world

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Saturday, June 2, 1883

 

Sri Ramakrishna had been invited to visit the homes of his devotees

Balaram,Adhar, and Ram in Calcutta. Devotional music had been arranged by

Adhar and Ram.The Master was accompanied in the carriage by Rakhal, M., and

others.

 

As they drove along, Sri Ramakrishna said to the devotees: " You see, sin

flies away when love of God grows in a man's heart, even as the water of the

reservoir dug in a meadow dries up under the heat of the sun. But one cannot

love God if one feels attracted to worldly things, to 'woman and gold'. Merely

taking the vow of monastic life will not help a man if he is attached to the

world. It is like swallowing your own spittle after spitting it out on the

ground. "

 

Source: THE GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA

 

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