My Master used to say:
"Religion can be given and taken more tangibly, more real than anything else in the world.” Be therefore spiritual first; have something to give, and then stand before the world and give it.
Religion is not talk, nor doctrines nor theories, nor is it sectarianism. Religion cannot live insects and societies. It is the relation between the soul and God; how can it be made into a society?
It would then degenerate into business, and wherever there is business, or business principles in religion, spirituality dies. Religion does not consist in erecting temples, or building churches, or attending public worship.
It is not to be found in books, not in words, nor in lectures, nor in organizations. Religion consists in realization. As a fact, we all know that nothing will satisfy us until we know the truth for ourselves.
However we may argue, how ever much we may hear, but one thing will satisfy us, and that is our own realization, and such an experience is possible for every one of us, if we will only try.
The first ideal of this attempt to realize religion is that of renunciation. As far as we can, we must give up. Light and darkness, enjoyment of Mammon." the world and enjoyment of God will never go together. “You cannot serve God and Mammon"
- Sri Ramakrishna
Religion is not talk, nor doctrines nor theories, nor is it sectarianism. Religion cannot live insects and societies. It is the relation between the soul and God; how can it be made into a society?
It would then degenerate into business, and wherever there is business, or business principles in religion, spirituality dies. Religion does not consist in erecting temples, or building churches, or attending public worship.
It is not to be found in books, not in words, nor in lectures, nor in organizations. Religion consists in realization. As a fact, we all know that nothing will satisfy us until we know the truth for ourselves.
However we may argue, how ever much we may hear, but one thing will satisfy us, and that is our own realization, and such an experience is possible for every one of us, if we will only try.
The first ideal of this attempt to realize religion is that of renunciation. As far as we can, we must give up. Light and darkness, enjoyment of Mammon." the world and enjoyment of God will never go together. “You cannot serve God and Mammon"
- Sri Ramakrishna
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