Guest guest Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Excerpt from The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Swami Nikhilananda Pub 1944) Vol 2: With Various Devotees:Sunday, October 26, 1884 --\ --------------------------- MAHIMA: " Can a man live in the world if his mind is once directed to God? " MASTER: " Why not? Where will he go away from the world? I realize that wherever I live I am always in the Ayodhya of Rama. This whole world is Rama's Ayodhya. After receiving instruction from His teacher, Rama said that He would renounce the world. Dasaratha sent the sage Vasishtha to Rama to dissuade Him. Vasishtha found Him filled with intense renunciation. He said to Rama: 'First of all, reason with me, Rama; then You may leave the world. May I ask You if this world is outside God? If that is so, then You may give it up.' Rama found that it is God alone who has become the universe and all its living beings. Everything in the world appears real on account of God's reality behind it. Thereupon Rama became silent --\ ------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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