VISIT TODAY RAMAKRISHNA II Afflicted with miseries at home, one may put on the ochre cloth of a monk;

Sri Ramakrishna

Sri Ramakrishna

Afflicted with miseries at home, one may put on the ochre cloth of a monk; but that renunciation doesn’t last long. Again, a man out of work puts on an ochre wearing-cloth and goes off to Benares. Following three months he thinks of home: 'I have a vocation here. I will return home in a couple of days. Try not to stress over me.' Again, a man may have all that he needs. He needs nothing, yet he despises his assets. He sobs for God alone. That is genuine renunciation.
page.195, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Thakurs’ words to the devotees in his room at Dakshineswar on 29 March 1883.