“Visit not miracle-mongers and those who exhibit occult powers. These men are stragglers from the path of Truth.”
Source: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 372
Context: Visit not miracle-mongers and those who exhibit occult powers. These men are stragglers from the path of Truth. Their minds have become entangled in psychic powers, which are like veritable meshes in the way of the pilgrim to Brahman. Beware of these powers, and desire them not.
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