GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
thousands of volumes, you may repeat verses and hymns by hundreds, but if you cannot dive into the ocean of Divinity with extreme longing of the soul, you cannot reach God. A scholar may delude the people by his knowledge of the Scriptures and by his book-learning, but through these he will not attain to God. Scrip- tures, books, sciences, what good will they do? Grace of God. Nothing can be acquired without the Grace of the Lord. Yearn after His Grade, devote your energy to obtaining it and by His Grace you will see Him and He will be glad to speak to you. Sub-Judge: Revered Sir, is He more gracious to some than to others? In that case He would be partial and unjust.
Sri Ramakrishna: How is that? Is a horse the same thing as an earthen pot? Vidyasagara Difference in powers. asked me the same question. He said to me: "Has God given greater powers to some than to others?" I replied: "God pervades all living creatures equally. He dwells in me in the same way that He dwells in the smallest ant, but there is a difference in powers. If all human beings were equal in powers, then why have we come to see you, after hearing of you? Is it because you have
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