Guest guest Posted March 17, 2000 Report Share Posted March 17, 2000 Subject: [ramakrishna] Digest Number 383 Message: 4 16 Mar 00 11:01:18 MST Anu Nair <anu.nair About a Saying by Sri Ramakrishna ========== Swami Vivekananda defines (faith) shraddha as 'a sincere belief in a concept and the consequent eagerness to reach it.' Sri Ramakrishna gives a wonderful example about the definition and significance of shraddha: " Suppose there is a thief in this room, and he gets to know that there is a mass of gold in the next room; what will be the condition of that thief? " The answer is, " He will not be able to sleep at all; his brain will be actively thinking of some means of getting at the gold, and he will think of nothing else. " The strong desire to get the required gold is based on the faith in the words of the friend who has told the thief about the presence of gold. And the thief will be happy only when he realizes the same. The emphasis is on the belief and strong effort = shraddha. Thus if we have faith in the words of Sri Thakur that God can be seen and realized, true shraddha will compel us to attempt one pointedly to seek Him, like that thief who will rest only after getting hold of the gold! dr c s s ============================================================== -- =================================== E-zine on science and spirituality. Do visit: http://www.geocities.com/neovedanta http://members.xoom.com/drcsshah/neovedanta/index.html =================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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