sriramakrishna daily sutras

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Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.155

 

Wednesday 20/12/06

 

The Master Said:

 

" Householders are like silk-worms. They can come out

of the cocoon of their worldly life if they wish.

But they can't bear to; for they themselves have

built the cocoon with great love and care.

So they die there. Or they are like the fish in a trap

They can come out of it by the way they entered,

but they sport inside the trap with other fish

and hear the sweet sound of the murmuring water

and forget everything else. They don't even make

an effort to free themselves from the trap.

The lisping of children is the murmur of the water,

and the other fish are relatives and friends.

Only one or two make good their escape by running away.

They are the liberated souls. "

 

om tat sat

 

~~~~~~ om shanthi om~~~~~~

 

 

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