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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna X years earlier, you had given this book a try... but tossed it aside, annoyed, after the statement (as you recall it): "bhakti-yoga is for sentimental people". In 2020, you do no longer mind this derogatory assessment - actually, you take above statement as a compliment. As such, you do want to give the book another try... but plan to ignore his mayavadi angles (they are confusing and pretentious: "I am Brahman / Jezus / Mohammed / " blablabla), and  simply focus on his statements on bhakti-yoga, which are pleasantly accurate: "The devotee of God wants to eat sugar, not to become sugar." :) Volume1, Chapter 3 - VISIT TO VIDYASAGAR: "In the Kaliyuga, man, being totally dependent on food for life, cannot altogether shake off the idea that he is the body. In this state of mind it is not proper for him to say, 'I am He.' When a man does all sorts of worldly things, he should not say, 'I am Brah