GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
Bhagavan: How can they be atheists when they believe in Sakti, the Eternal Energy? Mozoomdar: They also admit the moral government of the universe. As Mozoomdar rose to take leave, the Bhaga- van said to him: What shall I say? It is better that you cease to have anything to do with all those things — schisms, controversies, etc. All quarrels and disputes spring from egotism and attachment to the world. These keep men away from God. Therefore abandon all earthly attachment and fix your mind on the Almighty.
Mozoomdar then saluted the Bhagavan and withdrew. After he had gone, a devotee asked: Revered Sir, Thou didst go to see Vidyasagara, what dost Thou think of him? Ramakrishna: Vidyasagara is a very learned scholar. He is kind and charitable, but he has no spiritual consciousness. There is gold inside; if he had been aware of it, he could not have devoted so much of his time to external work. Eventually his work would have been finished. If he knew that God was dwelling within his heart, his mind would have been fixed in
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