Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna

Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ...................................................... 16
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .................................................. 20
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 23
BOOK FIRST .................................................................................... 59
THE WORLD .................................................................................... 59
THIS IS INDEED THE WORLD! ................................................................. 59
IN THE FOREST OF THE WORLD ............................................................. 61
WHAT THE WORLD MAKES OF MEN ..................................................... 63
MEN OF THE WORLD........................................................................... 65
WHEN THEY ARE ANNOYED .................................................................. 65
WHEN ALL TEETH FELL .......................................................................... 66
THERE ARE SUCH MEN INDEED! ............................................................ 67
THE JACKAL THAT WON'T LEAVE THE COMPANY OF A BULLOCK .......... 68
THE PLUNDERERS WHO GO ABOUT AS RELIGIOUS ......................... 69
HOW THEY QUARREL! ........................................................................... 71
A WORLDLING IS A POOR EXPONENT OF THE SASTRAS ...................... 73
ELDER, THE PUMPKIN CUTTER ........................................................... 74
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