Yours is the path of bhakti. That is very good; it is an easy path. Who can fully know the infinite God? And what need is there of knowing the Infinite?
Having attained this rare human birth, my supreme need is to develop love for the Lotus Feet of God.
If a jug of water is enough to remove my thirst, why should I measure the quantity of water in a lake? I become drunk on even half a bottle of wine - what is the use of my calculating the quantity of liquor in the tavern? What need is there of knowing the Infinite?
The various states of mind of the Brahmajnani are described in the Vedas. The path of knowledge is extremely difficult. One cannot obtain jnāna if one has the least trace of worldliness and the slightest attachment to 'woman and gold'.
This is not the path for the Kaliyuga.
- Sri Ramakrishna to Brahmo Devotees,
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 150
(October 28, 1882)
Having attained this rare human birth, my supreme need is to develop love for the Lotus Feet of God.
If a jug of water is enough to remove my thirst, why should I measure the quantity of water in a lake? I become drunk on even half a bottle of wine - what is the use of my calculating the quantity of liquor in the tavern? What need is there of knowing the Infinite?
The various states of mind of the Brahmajnani are described in the Vedas. The path of knowledge is extremely difficult. One cannot obtain jnāna if one has the least trace of worldliness and the slightest attachment to 'woman and gold'.
This is not the path for the Kaliyuga.
- Sri Ramakrishna to Brahmo Devotees,
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 150
(October 28, 1882)
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