Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

jewels out’ – such reflection is of no avail.One must practice spiritual disciplines.Chapter IIGod is infinite and so is Thakur – all are paths – visitto VrindavanThe jnani believes in infinite incarnations of God –aspirant who doesn’t desire to move around [2] – whypilgrimages?Sri Ramakrishna — Jnanis meditate on theformless God. They don’t believe in theincarnation of God. Arjuna sang a hymn ofpraise to Sri Krishna, ‘You are BrahmanAbsolute.’ Krishna said to him, ‘Would youlike to see whether or not I am the AbsoluteBrahman? Come with me.’ Saying this, he tookArjuna to a particular place and said, ‘What doyou see?’ Arjuna said, ‘I see a big tree withclusters of fruit similar to black berries.’Krishna said, ‘Come closer and you will seethat these are not clusters of black fruit.Innumerable clusters of Krishnas, like me, arehanging there. That is to say, the same tree ofthe Absolute Brahman yields numberlessincarnations of God.’“Kavirdas was inclined to believe in theformless God. Referring to Krishna, he wouldremark, ‘How can I meditate on him? Themilkmaids used to clap while he danced like a