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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Sayings of Ramakrishna 139


Two men went into a garden. 

The worldly-wise man no sooner entered the gate than he began to count the number of the mango trees, how many mangoes each tree bore, and what might be the approximate price of the whole orchard. 

The other went to the owner, made his acquaintance, and quietly going under a mango tree began to pluck the fruit and eat it with the owner's consent. 

Now who is the wiser of the two? 

Eat mangoes, it will satisfy your hunger. What is the good of counting the leaves and making vain calculations? 

The vain man of intellect is uselessly busy in finding out the "why and wherefore" of creation, while the humble man of wisdom makes acquaintance with the Creator and enjoys Supreme Bliss in this world. 



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