摘自《室利 罗摩克里希那言行录》

How to see God
M: “Is it possible to see God?”
M：“有可能见到神吗？”
MASTER: “Yes, certainly. Living in solitude now and then, repeating God’s name and singing His glories, and discriminating between the Real and the unreal – these are the means to employ to see Him.”
师父：“当然有可能，偶尔地进行独自冥想，重复神的圣名，唱颂神的荣耀，分别真实与虚幻——这些是能够看见神的方法。”

渴望与向往
Longing and yearning
M: “Under what conditions does one see God?”
M：“人处于什么状态才能看见神？”
MASTER: “Cry to the Lord with an intensely yearning heart and you will certainly see Him. People shed a whole jug of tears for wife and children. They swim in tears for money. But who weeps for God? Cry to Him with a real cry.”
师父：“用热情渴望的心向主哭泣，那么就会看见他。人们会为妻子和孩子而流泪，为金钱而流泪，但谁会为神而哭泣？真诚地为他流泪。”
The Master sang:
师父唱道：
Cry to your Mother Syama , with a real cry, O mind!
头脑！请真诚地向母亲夏玛哭泣，
And how can She hold Herself from you?
她怎能向你隐藏呢？
How can Syama stay away?
夏玛怎能离你而去？
How can your Mother Kali hold Herself away?
母亲卡利女神怎能够离去？
O mind, if you are in earnest, bring Her an offering
头脑，倘若你还是真挚，
Of bel-leaves and hibiscus flowers;
请向她献祭贝叶片和芙蓉；
Lay at Her feet your offering
让它夹杂着爱的芳香，
And with it mingle the fragrant sandal-paste of Love.
把它献祭在她的脚下。

Continuing, he said: “Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.
他继续说道：“渴望就像蔷薇色的黎明。黎明过后，太阳出来，神的异像也随渴望而来。
“God reveals Himself to a devotee who feels drawn to Him by the combined force of these three attractions: the attraction of worldly possessions for the worldly man, the child’s attraction for its mother, and the husband’s attraction for the chaste wife. If one feels drawn to Him by the combined force of these three attractions, then through it one can attain Him.
“神会通过三种吸引力向沉醉于他的奉献者显现：世人对世间的吸引力；母亲对孩子的吸引力；贞洁妻子对丈夫的吸引力。如果一个人通过这三种吸引力而对神吸引，那么就可以看见神。”
“The point is, to love God even as the mother loves her child, the chaste wife her husband, and the worldly man his wealth. Add together these three forces of love, these three powers of attraction, and give it all to God. Then you will certainly see Him.
“要点就是，对神的爱如同母亲对孩子的爱，贞洁妻子对丈夫的爱，还有世人对财富的爱。把这三种爱、这三种吸引力加在一起，全部给予神，那么你就会看见神。”
“It is necessary to pray to Him with a longing heart. The kitten knows only how to call its mother, crying, ‘Mew, mew!’ It remains satisfied wherever its mother puts it. And the mother cat puts the kitten sometimes in the kitchen, sometimes on the floor, and sometimes on the bed. When it suffers it cries only, ‘Mew, mew!’ That’s all it knows. But as soon as the mother hears this cry, wherever she may be; she comes to the kitten.”
“必需要用渴望的心向他祷告。小猫只懂得向母亲呼叫：“喵，喵！”无论母亲把它带到哪里去，它都感到满足。母亲有时候会把小猫带到厨房，有时候带到地上，有时候带到床上。只要小猫受到伤害，就会叫喊：“喵，喵！这就是它所懂得的事。母亲无论在哪里，只有听到叫喊声，就马上来到小猫身边。”