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

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Saturday, June 2, 1883Sri 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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