Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Salutations to Thakur, Guru, and Ma! October 26, 1884. Sri Ramakrishna--"Only the Atman is the one thing eternal. I accept all. The state of turiya and also of waking, dream and deep sleep. I accept all the three states. I accept Brahman as well as maya, the jiva and the world.--all. If I do not accept all, it loses weight. A devotee--How does it lose weight? Sri Ramakrishna--Brahman is qualified by the jiva (embodied soul) and the world. In the beginning, while saying 'Not this, not this', one should leave out the jiva and the world. So long as one has the feeling of 'I-ness' one feels that He Himself has become everything. He indeed has become all the twenty-four categories. When one talks of the essence of the bel fruit, one only understands that it means the kernal. But to weigh it one has to take the kernal, the seeds and the shell together. The kernal belongs to it and so do its seeds and shell. So, I take the Nitya as well as the leela. I don't do away with the world by calling it maya. If I do so, it will lose weight. Mahimacharan--Beautifully harmonized! From the Nitya to the leela and again from the leela to the Nitya. Sri Ramakrisha--The jnanis see all like a dream. The bhaktas accept all the states." Satchitananda Kathy (SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA. Vol. I., pp. 336-337) Yo mam pashyati sarvatra sarvam cha mayi pashyati, Tasya aham na pranashyami sa cha me na pranashyati. (Gita 6:30) [He who sees Me everywhere and sees all in Me, he never becomes lost to Me, nor do I become lost to him.] Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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