“… If a thorn has entered your foot, get another thorn and with its help take out the first; then throw away the second also.”
M: "Should one throwaway both knowledge and ignorance?"
MASTER: "Yes. That is why one should acquire vijnāna. You see, he who is aware of light is also aware of darkness. He who is aware of happiness is also aware of suffering. He who is aware of virtue is also aware of vice. He who is aware of good is also aware of evil. He who is aware of holiness is also aware of unholiness. He who is aware of 'I' is also aware of 'you'.
"What is vijnāna? It is knowing God in a special way. The awareness and conviction that fire exists in wood is jnāna, knowledge. But to cook rice on that fire, eat the rice, and get nourishment from it is vijnāna. To know by one's inner experience that God exists is jnāna. But to talk to Him, to enjoy Him as Child, as Friend, as Master, as Beloved, is vijnāna.
The realization that God alone has become the universe and all living beings is vijnāna.”
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 288 (7 September 1883)
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