The Rishis Of Old Attained The Knowledge Of Brahman. One Cannot Have This So Long As There Is The Slightest Trace Of Worldliness. How Hard The Rishis Laboured ! Early In The Morning They Would Go Away From The Hermitage, And Would Spend The Whole Day In Solitude, Meditating On Brahman. At Night They Would Return To The Hermitage And Eat A Little Fruit Or Roots. They Kept Their Mind Aloof From The Objects Of Sight, Hearing, Touch, And Other Things Of A Worldly Nature. Only Thus Did They Realize Brahman As Their Own Inner Conciousness.

-Ramakrishna

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The Rishis Of Old Attained The Knowledge

Ramakrishna

The Rishis Of Old Attained The Knowledge Of Brahman. One Cannot Have This So Long As There Is The Slightest Trace Of Worldliness. How Hard The Rishis Laboured ! Early In The Morning They Would Go Away From The Hermitage, And Would Spend The Whole Day In Solitude, Meditating On Brahman. At Night They Would Return To The Hermitage And Eat A Little Fruit Or Roots. They Kept Their Mind Aloof From The Objects Of Sight, Hearing, Touch, And Other Things Of A Worldly Nature. Only Thus Did They Realize Brahman As Their Own Inner Conciousness.

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Morning

Night

Sight

What Brahman Is Cannot Be Described. All Things In The World — The Vedas, The Puranas, The Tantras, The Six Systems Of Philosophy — Have Been Defiled, Like Food That Has Been Touched By The Tongue, For They Have Been Read Or Uttered By The Tongue. Only One Thing Has Not Been Defiled In This Way, And That Is Brahman. No One Has Ever Been Able To Say What Brahman Is.

Philosophy

Vedas

World