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David Granger (grangdm@mail.auburn.edu)
Tue, 02 Jun 1998 10:30:33 -0500

Thanks, Jennifer!

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> [mailto:owner-bananafish@lists.nyu.edu]On Behalf Of Jennifer Freeman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 10:13 AM
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> 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."
>