Ramakrishna used to tell a story of some men who went into a
mango orchard and busied themselves in counting the leaves, the twigs, and the
branches, examining their color, comparing their size, and noting down
everything most carefully, and then got up a learned discussion on each of
these topics, which were undoubtedly highly interesting to them. But one of the
them, more sensible then the others, did not care for all these things, and
instead thereof, began to eat the mango fruit. And was he not wise? So leave
this counting of leaves and twigs and note taking to others. This kind of work
has its proper place, but not here in the spiritual domain. You never see a strong
spiritual man among the “ leaf – counters “.
- Swami Vivekananda – Page 128 ( Meditation and
Its Methods )
