~Quotes of Thakur Sri Ramakrishna~

[Guest guest]

"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."

 

Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna

[Guest guest]

Dear Muktimaa,

 

For some reason I can't account for I sense a kind of luninosity

around this posting. To be sure, I've been familiar with these quotes

for years, and many other great Thakur quotes have been shared here,

but somehow this message just seemed to hit the screen, for me, with a

resounding thud---like a stone crypt cracking, and the saint beginning

to re-emerge into the twenty-first century.

 

But, whatever my fantasies may be, "Go forward, said the brahmachari!"

 

Affectionately,

 

Tanmaya

 

 

 

 

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa wrote:

>

> "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."

>

> Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna

>