Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Page 195
Saturday 12/8/17
The Master Said:
"No lie of any sort is good. A false garb, even though a holy one,
is not good. If the outer garb does not correspond to the inner thought,
it gradually brings ruin. Uttering false words or doing false deeds,
one gradually loses all fear. Far better is the white cloth
of the householder. Attachment to worldliness,
occasional lapses from the ideal,
and an outer garb of gerruA - how dreadful!"
om tat sat
~~~~~~~om shanthi om~~~~~~~
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This is a reasonably accurate representation of my home shrine, of more than thirty-five years: