In order that a nation may rise, it must have a high ideal. Now, that ideal is, of course, the abstract Brahman. But as you all cannot be inspired by an abstract ideal, you must have a personal ideal.
You have got that, in the person of Shri Ramakrishna.
The reason why other personages cannot be our ideal now is, that their days are gone; and in order that Vedanta may come to everyone, there must be a person who is in sympathy with the present generation. This is fulfilled in Shri Ramakrishna. So now you should place him before everyone.
Whether one accepts him as a Sadhu or an Avatara does not matter.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Notes on Class Talks
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