Beat the Dog Again and Again (to Conquer Lust)! (Post13,390)
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Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is teaching us spiritual truths through dogs and cats. Let us look at some doggy and catty matters.
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A disciple once asked Sri Ramakrishna how he was to conquer lust; for, though he was passing his days in religious contemplation, evil thoughts were arising in his mind from time to time. To him the Master said : “There was a man who had a pet dog. He used to caress it, carry it in about his arms, play with it and kiss it. A wise man, seeing this foolish behaviour of his, warned him not to lavish such affection on a dog. For it was, after all, an irrational brute, and might bite him one day. The owner took the warning to heart and putting away the dog from his arms, resolved never again to fondle or caress it. But the animal could not at first understand the change in his master and would run to him frequently to be taken up and caressed. Beaten several times, the dog at last ceased to trouble his master anymore. Such indeed is your condition. The dog that you have been cherishing so long in your bosom will not easily leave you, though you may wish to be rid of it. However, there is no harm in it. Do not caress the dog anymore but give it a good beating whenever it approaches you to be fondled, and in course of time you will be altogether free from its importunities.’
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The cat catches her kitten with her teeth, and they are not hurt; but when a mouse is so caught, it dies. Thus, Maya never kills the devotee, though it destroys others.
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The young of a monkey cling to its mother tightly, when she moves about. The kitten on the other hand does not do so but mews piteously, and the mother grasps it by the neck. If the young of the monkey lets go its hold of its mother, it falls and gets hurt. This is because it relies upon its own strength. But the kitten runs no such risk, as the mother herself carries it about from place to place. Such is the difference between self-reliance and entire resignation to the will of God.
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Again Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used the cat and monkey illustration and said the following:
Similarly, the aspirant who follows the path of Knowledge or path of selfless work depends upon his own effort to attain salvation. On the other hand, the aspirant who follows the path of Love knows that the Lord is the disposer of everything; so with perfect confidence he resigns himself entirely to His mercy. The former is like the young of a monkey and latter like the kitten.
—subham—
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