Nature of Brahman

What Brahman is cannot be described in words. Everything has been polluted, like food that has touched the tongue - that is, everything has been described in words. But no one has been able to describe Brahman. It is therefore unpolluted. I said this to Vidyasagar and he was delighted.

But the Knowledge of Brahman cannot be realized if the aspirant is worldly-minded even in the slightest degree. He succeeds in acquiring this Knowledge only when his mind is totally free from 'woman and gold'.

Parvati once said to Her father, 'Father, seek the company of holy men if you want the Knowledge of Brahman.'

                        - Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 343 (16 December 1883)