Transcend knowledge and ignorance

Abstract

The opposites of knowledge and ignorance belong to the relative world of duality. Lakshmana once lamented the fact that even a spiritual master of the stature of Vasishtha bemoaned the loss of his sons and was overcome with grief. Lord Rama at once replied by saying, “Brother, whoever has knowledge also has ignorance. Whoever is conscious of light is also conscious of darkness. Therefore, go beyond knowledge and ignorance.” That state can be attained only through an intimate knowledge of God. Sri Ramakrishna is called such knowledge vijnana: “When a thorn enters the sole of your foot, you have to get another thorn. You then remove the first thorn with the help of the second. Afterwards you throw away both. Likewise after removing the thorn of ignorance with the thorn of knowledge, you should throw away both the thorns of knowledge and ignorance.”

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