Sri Sri Ramkrishna Kathamrita, (Part 14)
শ্রীশ্রীরামকৃষ্ণকথামৃত (শ্রীম কথিত)
Why we can't see God
Writer: Mahendra Nath Gupta
Language: Bengali
by Swami Ishatmananda (Lecture delivered at Vivekananda Vedanta Society, Chicago, USA)
God is one, but He has many names.
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
Truth is one; only It is called by different names. All people are seeking the same Truth; the variance is due to climate, temperament, and name. A lake has many ghats. From one ghat the Hindus take water in jars and call it 'jal'. From another ghat the Mussalmāns take water in leather bags and call it 'pāni'. From a third the Christians take the same thing and call it 'water'. Suppose someone says that the thing is not 'jal' but 'pāni', or that it is not 'pāni' but 'water', or that it is not 'water' but 'jal', It would indeed be ridiculous. But this very thing is at the root of the friction among sects, their misunderstandings and quarrels. This is why people injure and kill one another, and shed blood, in the name of religion. But this is not good. Everyone is going toward God. They will all realize Him if they have sincerity and longing of heart.
In this video, Swami Ishatmananda describes the various aspects of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita (শ্রীশ্রীরামকৃষ্ণ-কথামৃত), The Nectar of Sri Ramakrishna's Words is a Bengali five-volume work by Mahendranath Gupta (1854-1932) which recounts conversations and activities of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna and published consecutively in years 1902, 1904, 1908, 1910 and 1932. The Kathamrita is regarded as a Bengali classic and revered among the followers as sacred scripture. Its best-known translation into English is entitled The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. In this video, Swami Ishatmananda describes the various aspects of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
#KathamritaBengali #sriramakrishnakathamrita #ishatmanandakathamrita