Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

would also try to make money from thevisitors. He had incurred a debt of severalthousand rupees in his native village. Talkingof the brahmin cook, he remarked, ‘Do I care totalk to people like that?’ ”Desire is an obstacle to God-realization – God hasnature of a child“You know what the truth is? Even if you havethe least desire, you cannot attain God. Theprogress of actions can be very subtle. Say youhave to thread a needle. It will not enter the eyeof the needle if there is the least fibre stickingout.“Why does one not attain God even after tellingthe beads for thirty years? If one has a festeringwound, powerful measures have to be appliedto cure it. Ordinary medicine alone does notcure the wound.“Howsoever much religious discipline you maypractice, you will not achieve spiritualperfection if you have desires. However, thisfact is also true: You can attain perfection atonce by the Lord’s grace and compassion. Justas all darkness is dispelled in a moment when alight is brought into a room that has been darkfor a thousand years.“Say a poor man’s son has attracted theattention of a big man. The latter gives hisdaughter in marriage to him. Immediately he