One should hear the scriptures during the early stages of spiritual discipline. After attaining God there is no lack of knowledge. Then the Divine Mother supplies it without fail.
A child spells out every word as he writes, but later on he writes fluently.
The goldsmith is up and doing while melting gold. As long as the gold hasn't melted, he works the bellows with one hand, moves the fan with the other, and blows through a pipe with his mouth. But the moment the gold melts and is poured into the mold, he is relieved of all anxiety.
Mere reading of the scriptures is not enough. A person cannot understand the true significance of the scriptures if he is attached to the world.
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 200
(7 April 1883)
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