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Sri RamaKrishna about going to Pilgrimages

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Ramakrishna (smiling): Well, I went to some places. Hazra went farther and

higher up, to Hrishikesha in the Himalayas. I did not go so far or so high

up.

 

The vulture and the kite soar very high, but their eyes are all the while

directed to the charnel-pits below. Do you know what the charnel-pits are?

Lust and gold. If in going on a pilgrimage a man does not acquire Bhakti,

then his pilgrimage is fruitless; for Bhakti is the end of all; it is the

one thing needful.

 

Do you know what the vulture and the kite are? They are those who talk on

lofty subjects and say: " We have performed most of the works enjoined in the

Holy Scriptures, " but whose minds are immersed in worldliness and strongly

attached to wealth, name, fame, and sense-pleasures.

 

Pandit: Yes, Revered Sir,that is true. Going on a pilgrimage is like casting

aside the precious stone worn on the breast of Vishnu and wandering about in

search of other jewels.

 

Ramakrishna: Again, you should know that although you may give thousands of

instructions, still they will not produce results until the time is ripe.

 

A child before going to sleep says to its mother: " Mamma dear, awaken me

when I shall feel hungry. "

 

The mother replies: " Do not worry about that, my child; thy hunger will

awaken thee. "

 

In the same manner one yearns after God when the proper time comes for it.

[p. 284 & 285]

 

Source: THE GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA Revised by SWAMI ABHEDANANDA

 

--

Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram

 

Love And Love Alone

 

 

 

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