Who feels in India for the three hundred millions of men and women sunken for ever in poverty and ignorance? Where is the way out? Who feels for them? Let these people be your God – think of them, work for them, pray for them incessantly – the Lord will show you the way. Him I call a Mahatma, a noble soul, whose heart bleeds for the poor; otherwise he is a 'duratma', a wicked soul.
So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them…
We are poor, my brothers, we are nobodies, but such have always been the instruments of the Most High. (Swami Vivekananda)
From Age to Age, God becomes man so that man may become God. (Unknown)
The worldly man must constantly live in the company of holy men. It is necessary for all… especially necessary for the householder. His disease has become chronic because he has to live constantly in the midst of ‘woman and gold’.
The highest duty of man is to realize God. To achieve it, holy company and service to the guru are needed. They will gradually fix the intellect on God. Sri Ramakrishna used to compare it with toothache. One attends to everything but the mind remains attached to the pain. Similarly, one must attend to all worldly matters but keep the intellect on Him. (‘M’)
So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them…
We are poor, my brothers, we are nobodies, but such have always been the instruments of the Most High. (Swami Vivekananda)
From Age to Age, God becomes man so that man may become God. (Unknown)
The worldly man must constantly live in the company of holy men. It is necessary for all… especially necessary for the householder. His disease has become chronic because he has to live constantly in the midst of ‘woman and gold’.
The highest duty of man is to realize God. To achieve it, holy company and service to the guru are needed. They will gradually fix the intellect on God. Sri Ramakrishna used to compare it with toothache. One attends to everything but the mind remains attached to the pain. Similarly, one must attend to all worldly matters but keep the intellect on Him. (‘M’)
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