sriramakrishna daily sutras

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Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.173

 

Wednesday 17/1/07

 

The Master Said:

 

" Devotion to God may be said to be 'green' so long

as it doesn't grow into love of God;

but it becomes 'ripe' when it has grown into such love.

A man with 'green bhakti cannot assimilate

spiritual talk and instruction;

but one with 'ripe' bhakti can.

The image that falls on a photographic plate

covered with black film is retained.

On the other hand, thousands of images may be refelected

on a piece of bare glass, but not one of them

is retained. As the object moves away,

the glass becomes the same as it was before. "

 

om tat sat

 

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

 

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