Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 ~~~~~~ om shanthi om~~~~~~ Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.137 Monday 13/12/99 The Master Said: " The mind will take the colour you dye it with. It is like white clothes just returned from the laundry. If you dip them in red dye, they will be red. If you dip them in blue or green, they will be blue or green. They will take only the colour you dip them in, whatever it may be. Haven't you noticed that, if you read a little English, you at once begin to utter English words: " foot fut it mit " ? Then you put on boots and whistle a tune, and so on. It all goes together. Or, if a scholar studies Sanscrit, he will at once rattle off Sanscrit verses. If you are in bad company, then you will talk and think like your companions. On the other hand, when you are in the company of devotees, you will think and talk only of God. " om tat sat ~~~~~~ om shanthi om~~~~~~ Extrait du Gospel de Sri Ramakrishna p.137 Lundi 13/12/99 Le Maitre Dit: " L'esprit prendra la couleur que vous la teindrez. Il est comme les vetements blancs viens de retournes de la blanchisserie. Si vous les plongez en colorant rouge, ils seront rouges. Si vous les plongez dans le bleu ou le vert, ils seront bleus ou verts. Ils prendront seulement la couleur que vous les plongez dedans, quoi que ce soit. Est-ce que vous avez note que, si vous lisez anglais, vous commencez immediatement a pousser des mots anglais: " foot fut it mit " ? Apres ca vous apportez des bottes et sifflez un air, et ainsi de suite. Il va tout ensemble. Ou, si un disciple etudie Sanscrit, il expediera immediatement des vers de Sanscrit. Si vous etes a la mauvaise compagnie, alors vous parlerez et penserez comme vos compagnons. D'autre part, quand vous etes a la compagnie des passionnes, vous penserez et parlerez seulement de Dieu. " om tat sat ~~~~~~om shanthi om~~~~~~ PRACTICAL VEDANTA " Several Years ago a book came out depicting the worst thing that could happen to England. The writer showed that as workmen's wages were rising, English commerce was declining. A cry was raised that workmen in England were exorbitant in their demands, and that the Germans worked for less wages. A commission was sent over to Germany to investigate this and it was reported that the German labourers received higher wages. Why was it so ? Because of the education of the masses. " " Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested, all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making, assimilation of ideas. If you have assimilated five ideas and made them your life and character, you have more education than any man who has got by heart a whole library. " " The ass carrying its load of sandalwood knows only the weight and not the value of the sandalwood. " Swami Vivekananda VEDANTA PRATIQUE " Il y a plusieurs annees un livre est venu hors de depeindre la plus mauvaise chose qui pourrait arriver a l'Angleterre. L'auteur a prouve que pendant que les salaires des ouvriers montaient, le commerce anglais diminuait. On a augmente un cri qui les ouvriers en Angleterre etaient exorbitants avec leurs demandes, et que les Allemands ont travaille pour moins de salaires. Une commission a ete envoyee plus d'en Allemagne pour etudier ceci et on a signale que les travailleurs allemands ont recu des salaires plus eleves. Pourquoi etait-il ainsi? En raison de l'education des masses. " " L'education n'est pas la quantite de l'information qui est mise dans votre cerveau et la execute l'emeute, non digeree, toute votre vie. Nous devons avoir le vie-batiment, l'homme-fabrication, le caractere-fabrication et l'assimilation des idees. Si vous avez assimile cinq idees, et ces idees avez fait la votre vie et caractere, vous avez plus d'education que n'importe quel homme qui a appris par coeur une bibliotheque entiere. " " L'ane sait seulement le poids, et pas la valeur du bois, en supportant son chargement de bois de santal. " Swami Vivekananda ____ 123India - India's Premier Search Engine Get your Free Email Account at http://www.123india.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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