Not Judged by Numbers of Disciples

There are many who have not achieved my spiritual height, but they have many more disciples than I have. They have 20,000, 30,000 or one million disciples, but they have not realised God. Some of the disciples of those Masters are more spiritually advanced than the Master himself. Years ago many so-called Masters came to America to get millions of disciples, but I am a little bit higher than some of them were.

Masters cannot be judged by the number of disciples. The Christ was a spiritual Master. How many disciples did he have? Sri Ramakrishna was a spiritual Master. How many disciples did he have? Some had 12, some had 16, some you could count on your fingertips.

18 February 2006 Malaysia