Quote of the day by Ramakrishna Paramhamsa: "It Is Easy to Talk About Religion, but Difficult to Practice It"

Ramakrishna Paramhansa was the 19th century Hindu saint and spiritual leader from Bengal, who was the Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He was an ardent devotee of Goddess Kali and practiced various Hindu traditions (Tantra, Bhakti, Advaita Vedanta). “It Is Easy to Talk About Religion, but Difficult to Practice It” - this is a profound spiritual observation attributed to Ramakrishna Paramhamsa. Let's understand the meaning behind this statement. He always emphasised on one truth that God is realized by practicing it and not just doing discussion about it. As he was the devotees of Goddess Kali so his all teachings came from the experiences and not just from books. He was living in a time where people were referring scriptures and books and people used to take the religious identity as badge and people used to perform rituals without changing themselves from inside and he realised that people were talking about religion very beautifully and had a good knowledge about the religion but they were carrying all bad elements such as ego, lust, attachment, greed and anger. Seeing this, he thought to teach people that religion never comes from just talking about it, they have to practice it religiously. Ramakrishna Paramhansa believed that talking about religion is just like loud thunder with no rain, its all about just reading the scriptures but not understanding them, its just a verbal expression, it can give you a social recognition without maintaining the inner discipline. According to Paramhamsa, practising religion means your are purifying your mind, body and soul by not just reading the scriptures but understanding it deeply and it can also bring changes in your personality. You become more humble, pure, kind, and you have full control over your senses. When you start grasping them then it start removing the five bad elements from you and you become very pure.