The disease of worldliness is like typhoid. And there are a huge jug of water and a jar of savory pickles in the typhoid patient's room.
If you want to cure him of his illness, you must remove him from that room.
The worldly man is like the typhoid patient. The various objects of enjoyment are the huge jug of water, and the craving for their enjoyment is his thirst. The very thought of pickles makes the mouth water; you don't have to bring them near. And he is surrounded with them.
The companionship of woman is the pickles. Hence treatment in solitude is necessary.
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 140
(October 27, 1882)
If you want to cure him of his illness, you must remove him from that room.
The worldly man is like the typhoid patient. The various objects of enjoyment are the huge jug of water, and the craving for their enjoyment is his thirst. The very thought of pickles makes the mouth water; you don't have to bring them near. And he is surrounded with them.
The companionship of woman is the pickles. Hence treatment in solitude is necessary.
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 140
(October 27, 1882)
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