Saturday, October 1, 2011

IN THE WORLD IS TO LOVE THE HOLY ONES OF GOD, IT IS A MORTAL TORTURE TO SEPARATE MYSELF FROM THEM


 The great Hindi poet, Tulasidâsa, in his benediction to his translation of the Râmâyana, says, "I bow down to both the wicked and holy; but alas! for me, they are both equally torturers — the wicked begin to torture me as soon as they come in contact with me — the good, alas! take my life away when they leave me." I say amen to this. To me, for whom the only pleasure and love left in the world is to love the holy ones of God, it is a mortal torture to separate myself from them.

- Swami Vivekananda
541 DEARBORN AVENUE, CHICAGO, 26th June, 1894

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