Thanks, Jennifer! > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-bananafish@lists.nyu.edu > [mailto:owner-bananafish@lists.nyu.edu]On Behalf Of Jennifer Freeman > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 10:13 AM > To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu > Subject: Re: > > > David Granger wrote: > > > > Hello, fellow Salinger lovers! I need help. In one of JD's books (I'm > > thinking it's Franny and Zooey) near the beginning, there is mention of > > quotations pasted to a door and some of the quotations are > included in the > > text. One of them comes from an Eastern religious text and ends with the > > "holy man" telling a questioner something along the lines of "Don't you > > think that, by whatever name they call him, god knows that they > are speaking > > to him?" Can anyone help me out with the specifics here? > > ---------- > > "Sir, we ought to teach the people that they are doing wrong in > worshipping the images and pictures in the temple." > Ramakrishna: "That's the way with you Calcutta people: you want to > teach and preach. You want to give millions when you are beggars > yourselves...Do you think God does not know that he is being worshipped > in the images and pictures? If a worshipper should make a mistake, do > you not think God will know his intent?" > > --"The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna." >