Vivekananda Mailing List-9/8/03

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In regard to the teacher, we must see that he knows the spirit of the

scriptures. The whole world reads Bibles, Vedas, and Korans; but they

are all only words, syntax, etymology, philology, the dry bones of

religion. The teacher who deals too much in words and allows the mind

to be carried away by the force of words loses the spirit. It is the

knowledge of the spirit of the scriptures alone that constitutes the

true religious teacher.