Are all men equal?
Their natures differ “In the Lord’s creation there are different types
of creatures and plants.
Among animals, there are bad as well as good. There are beasts like tigers that kill others.
Among trees, some bring forth fruit as sweet as nectar, but others yield poisonous fruit.
In the same way, there are good men and bad men, holy and unholy, men attached to the world, and also devotees.
“People can be divided into four classes: those bound to the world, seekers after liberation, the liberated, and the ever-free.
“The ever-free, like Narada and others, are those who live in the world for the good of mankind, to teach truth to others.
“Bound souls are attached to worldly things.
They forget God and never give a thought to Him.
“Seekers after liberation struggle for liberation.
But only some of them attain it.
“The liberated are not attached to ‘lust and greed’ – for example, sadhus and great spiritual personalities. There is no attachment to worldly things in their minds. They always meditate on the
lotus feet of God.
Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita – I 26 February 1882
