I say that it will be enough for them to repeat the Gayatri alone :

A man does not feel restless for God until all his worldly desires are satisfied.

He does not remember the Mother of the Universe until his share of the enjoyment of 'woman and gold' is completed.

A child absorbed in play does not seek his mother.

But after his play is over, he says, 'Mother! I must go to my mother.'

Hriday's son was playing with the pigeons, calling to them, 'Come! Ti, ti!'

When he had had enough of play he began to cry.

Then a stranger came and said: 'Come with me.

I will take you to your mother.'

Unhesitatingly he climbed on the man's shoulders and was off.


Those who are eternally free do not have to enter worldly life.

Their desire for enjoyment has been satisfied with their very birth.


For the Kaliyuga the path of devotion described by Narada is best.

Where can people find time now to perform their duties according to the scriptural injunctions?

 Nowadays the decoctions of roots and herbs of the orthodox Hindu physicians cannot be given to a fever patient.

By the time that kind of medicine begins its slow process of curing, the patient is done for.

Therefore only a drastic medicine like the allopathic 'fever mixture' is effective now.

You may ask people to practise scriptural rites and rituals; but, when prescribing the rituals, remove the 'head and tail'.

I tell people not to bother about the elaborate rituals of the sandhya as enjoined in the scriptures.

I say that it will be enough for them to repeat the Gayatri alone.

If you must give instruction about scriptural ceremonies, do so only to a very few, like Ishan.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.