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25. To pray to God and meditate on him for
two minutes even, with a fully concentrated
mind, is better than doing so for long hours without
it.
26. Ones love of God depends entirely upon
ones inner feeling. Love of God is the essential
thing.
27. Give up this dry discussion, this hodgepodge
of philosophy. Who has been able to know
God by reasoning?
28. It does not become a woman to argue like
that. Even the wise could hardly realize the nature
of Brahman by argument. Is Brahman an object
of discussion?
29. Neither mantra nor scripture is of any
avail; bhakti or devotion alone accomplishes
everything.
30. Lay the burden of your mind before Sri
Ramakrishna. Tell him your sorrows with your
tears. You will find that he will fill your hands
with the desired object.
31. Even the impossible becomes possible
through devotion.
32. Through these spiritual disciplines the ties
of past karma are cut asunder. But the realization