READINGS FROM THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA

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Readings from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

 

 

Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa said:

 

"The feeling of 'Thee and Thine' is the outcome of Knowledge.

 

'I and mine' comes from ignorance.

 

Knowledge makes one feel : 'O God! Thou art the Doer and I am Thy

instrument. O God! To Thee belongs all - body, mind, house, family,

living beings, and the universe. All these are Thine. Nothing belongs

to me.'

 

An ignorant person says, 'God is there - very far off.'

 

The man of Knowledge knows that God is right here, very near, in the

heart; that He has assumed all forms and dwells in all hearts as

their Inner Controller."

 

Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa Said:

 

"There are different levels among the devotees of God: superior,

mediocre and inferior. All this has been described in the Gita.

 

The inferior devotee says, 'God exists, but He is very far off, up

there in heaven.'

 

The mediocre devotee says, 'God exists in all beings as life and

consciousness.'

 

The superior devotee says: 'It is God Himself who has become

everything; whatever I see is only a form of God. It is He alone who

has become Maya, the universe, and all living beings. Nothing exists

but God.' "