GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
stand this so quickly is due to the Grace of God. Without His Grace doubt is never Grace of God. cleared up. Our attitude towards God should be like that of Hanuman who said to Rama Chandra: "Lord, I care not for a special time or place for meditation. What alone I am concerned with is to meditate upon Thee." Suppose you go into a garden to eat mangoes. Is it necessary for you first to count the number Love of God the one thing needful. of trees in the garden, which may be many thousands, then the number of branches, which may be hundreds of thousands? Certainly not; you should at once, on the contrary, proceed to eat. In the same way, it is useless to enter into all sorts of discussions and controversies regarding God, which would only cause a waste of time and energy. One's present and most important duty is to love God, to cultivate Bhakti or devotion. Disciple: Bhagavan, I greatly desire that my work in the world should become a little less than now. The pressure of work stands in the way of one's giving one's whole mind to God, does it not ?
Bhagavan: Oh yes, no doubt that is so; but
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