Sri RamaKrishna about Compassion and attachment

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Whatever work Vidyasagara has done for others has been very good and

helpful. To be kind and compassionate is also good; but there is a

difference between compassion and attachment.Compassion is good, but

attachment is not. Attachment is love for wife, children, brother, sister,

father, mother and other relatives, while true compassion is equal love for

all living creatures.

 

Mahendra: Is compassion also a bondage?

 

Ramakrishna: This question is not for ordinary mortals.Compassion is the

result of the Sattwa quality. The Sattwa quality is protective, the Rajas

quality is creative, and Tamas is destructive: but Brahman the Absolute is

beyond these three qualities, Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas. It is also beyond

Prakriti or nature. Where there is absolute Reality, no quality of nature

can reach. As a thief cannot go to the exact spot where the treasure is,

because he is afraid of being caught, so Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas, like

thieves, cannot go to the realm where, is the treasure of the Absolute. [p.

253]

 

Source: THE GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA Revised by SWAMI ABHEDANANDA

 

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Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram

 

Love And Love Alone