"Become drunk, O mind, with the wine of bliss. Fall upon the sacred earth weeping and chanting the holy name. Fill space with your lion's roar, whirling round and round, both arms raised high, giving away the mahamantra to all conscious beings. Transform limited desire into the radiance of Krishna, and swim night and day in the wild sea of rapture. The universe is now submerged beneath the waves of ecstatic love".
~Ramakrishna


This quote is so beautiful it brings me to tears, over and over again. On of my most beloved teachers, Hilda Charlton was a devtotee of Sri Ramakrishna, I just listened to a tape of her treachings about him yesterday.

What can be gained by thinking about the scriptures? What fools! They think themselves to death with information about the path, but never take the plunge!
-Ramakrishna