Some interesting extracts from Life of Swami Vivekananda Vol1

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Here are a few extracts from pages 135 to 137 from chapter 10

entitled-DAYS OF ECSTASY AT DAKSHINESWAR AND SHYAMPUKUR of the book

Life of Swami Vivekananda Volume 1 published by Advaita Ashram,

Mayavati Himalayas. It gives Sri Ramakrishna’s views on many subjects

we discuss.

 

" One day Naren and other disciples were engaged in a heated argument:

" Is God Personal or Impersonal? Does God become incarnate or is divine

Incarnation a myth? " On and on the argument raged, until it covered all

points of theological inquiry. Naren was the victor. He had overwhelmed

all their positions. Shri Ramakrishna approached the gathering, and

they heard these opening notes of a song come from his lips:

O my mind, what avail thy efforts to realize that Being!

Groping about, as thou lost, like a madman in a dark room?

The song continued:

Go to the six schools of philosophy:

There that being thou shalt not find;

Neither in the Tantras, nor in the Vedas.

That being is fond of the sweet essence of love.

The disputatious disciples sat silent and ecstatic. Yes, here was the

answer to all their questionings. Indeed, Shri Ramakrishna was a

teacher who spoke only in the language of realization. He was not a

metaphysician. He had seen; he had actually seen the Truth.

 

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We had to reduce the size of the message as though it was very good it was too

long...............jay