“He is the Lord of all. He can do everything. He who has made the law can also change it. There is a view that a man’s inner spirit is not awakened unless he is through with enjoyment. But what is there to enjoy? The pleasures of ‘woman and gold’? This moment they exist and the next moment they disappear. It is all momentary. And what is there in ‘woman and gold’? It is like the hog plum – all stone and skin. If one eats it, one suffers from colic. Or like a sweetmeat. Once you swallow it, it is gone.”
(p.817, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ramakrishna’s instruction to Nanda Lal Basu on 28th July 1885)
“The Lord has come. There is no doubt that this time is a great blessing for the world. In one way or another, the world is bound to reap the benefit of his coming.”
(p.96, Letters For spiritual Seekers, Swami Shivananda’s letter dt 28th July1915)