Rachel Anne Williams (she/her)<p>“When I think of [Sri Ramakrishna], I feel like a fool, because I wanted to read books and he never did… . He was his own book.” ~ Swami Vivekananda</p><p>“[Sri Ramakrishna] taught them the technique of reading one’s life like a book rather than depending solely on the scriptures, or swallowing others’ ideas.” ~ Swami Chetenananda</p><p>How foolish we “intellectuals” are for thinking the answer to our spiritual problems lies in books!</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vedanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vedanta</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hinduism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hinduism</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ramakrishna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramakrishna</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vivekananda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivekananda</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a></p>