Vivekananda Mailing List-11/12/03

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When the moon shines brightly, all the stars become dim; and when the

sun shines, the moon herself becomes dim. The renunciation necessary

for the attainment of Bhakti is not obtained by killing anything, but

just comes in as naturally as in the presence of an increasingly

stronger light, the less intense ones become dimmer and dimmer until

they vanish away completely. So this love of the pleasures of the

senses and of the intellect is all made dim and thrown aside and cast

into the shade by the love of God Himself.