[ramakrishna] Digest Number 617

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>Dear Jairam,

>Message: 4

> Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:09:10 EST

> " jairam seshadri " <jairamseshadri

>Re: Why one should be a Vegitarian?

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>Can someone, anyone interpret these lines of Shakespeare for me and make

>them clear. They are so appealing and yet i do not know why they are. Can

>anyone help...

>

>what does " cummer " mean? Are you sure it isn't a misprint for " summer " ?

 

>and " ow'st " " ownest " , abbreviated

>Nor lose possession of that fair...? what fair? Fair look, fair complexion

>etc.

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>i did not take Eng. Lit ..!

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>But thy eternal cummer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou

>ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal

>lines to time thou grow'st; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So

>long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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> William Shakespeare, Sonnets

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>_Best regards,

>Yogeshananda_________________\

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AH! It is made so much clearer just from the explanation of a few

words...Shakespeare could have been mouthing our words for Sri Ramakrishna!

Now i know who to run to when i need a Shakespeare explained..

thank you...

pranaams

 

jairam

 

ps. i was rereading your book " Six Lighted Windows " and the part where Swami

Vivekananda ate the eggs immediately after Sri Ramakrishna's passing away,

eggs that Sri Ramakrishna had requested for himself before His passing

on...and the incredulity of someone who stated that the Swami could have

felt hungry at a time like that

 

somehow i do not feel amiss reading that...for i truly feel that Sri

Ramakrishna's spirit possessed the body of our Swami immediately and the

Master fulfilled His desires through the Swami after passing away.

i know i have told you this so many times...but that book occupies a pride

of place in all of Ramakrishna literature.

 

A book that gave so much joy to me personally...and continues to do so.

 

Thank you for that.

 

You, Swami, have so many incidents that we are all i am sure keen to

hear...surely there are other incidents that you still have not released

from your heart. Please do share them with us...

 

But thy eternal Summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,

Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,

Solong lives this, and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare, Sonnets

 

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