To conquer egoism, no rigorous system of exercise or breath control is necessary. No, not even complicated scholarship. The gopikas confirm this truth. They were simple rural folk, untouched by the conclusions of deep study.
Nârada was once so shocked at their ignorance of the science of spiritual progress that he volunteered to go among them and put them through some lessons in jñâna.
He found, on entry into Vrindâvana, that the cowherd girls selling milk or curds in the streets forgot to shout the names of their ware but said: "Govinda, Nârâyana" instead, so immersed were they in God-consciousness. They did not know that they had sold off all the milk; they still wandered on, calling out the names of the Lord for the dust of Vrindâvana was so sacred for them. They had no vishaya-vasana, no wish for sensual pleasure; and so, they had no a-jñâna.
Hence, Nârada concluded that they had no need for the lessons he had planned to give. He prayed to them to teach him the means of getting that yearning and that vision of the all-pervading Krishna.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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