Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India

In the saint the screen is thin and the Reality can almost shine through ; but in the sinner it is thick and we are apt to lose sight of the truth that the Atman is there as well as behind the saint. [...] But I have known him to be a in n of complete self-effacement master o the highest renunciation possessed o the supreme wisdom and as the ver icarnation of Love ; and as wit s the passing of days I am getting tter and better acquainted with the d main of spirituality and feeling the in nite extent and depth of Sri amkrishna's spiritual moods the con ction is growing in me that to compa [...] For most of them are but unconscious instruments in the hands of the powers that are working in the depths of the national soul fulfilling certain of their purposes through the fanatical zeal of individuals. [...] And do we not see how the story of Man has already taken the place of the stories of gods and goddesses in the interest of people ?- History is replacing the Purdnas. [...] It is absolutely necessary therfore that we form a correct idea of the nature of the spiritual life and vision or we shall always mistake the means to be the end and sidetrack the onward march of humanity.