One seeker came to Saint Ramanuja and said:
“I want to find the way to God.” Help me!
Ramanuja looked at him carefully and asked:
- Tell me first, have you loved anyone?
The seeker replied:
- I am not interested in worldly affairs, love and so on. I want to come to God!
- Think again, please, have you loved a woman, a child, or at least someone in your life?
“I already told you that I am not an ordinary layman.” I am a person who wants to know God. Everything else doesn't interest me. I didn't love anyone.
Ramanuja's eyes filled with deep sadness, and he answered the seeker:
- Then it's impossible. First you have to know what it's like to really, truly love someone. This will be the first step to God. You ask me about the last step, but you haven’t stepped on the first yet. Go and love someone!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru