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Swami Vivekananda  ·  January 1, 1900
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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Sri Ramakrishna ParamahamsaQ and A posed to Ramakrishna
Below are questions placed before Ramakrishna at various times and his answers:
Q. How to find God?
A: By the conquest of lust and gold.
Q:Is God Personal or Impersonal?
A: He is both, and yet He is beyond both; beyond any intellectual or theological dogmas. He is manifest to the soul in its own inmost realization. He assumes any form for the pleasure of His devotee. He is inexpressible. . . . He is not to be found between the covers of a book or within the walls of a temple.

 

 

 

 

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- www.vivekananda.net edited by Frank Parlato Jr.

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