Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.111
Tuesday 14/4/15
The Master Said:
"Bhakti is the one essential thing.
To be sure, God exists in all beings.
Who, then is a devotee? He whose mind dwells on God.
But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
The water of God's grace cannot collect
on the high mound of egotism. It runs down."