Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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" At the doors of large granaries are placed traps containing fried

rice to catch mice. The mice, attracted by the flavour of the fried

rice, forget the more solid pleasures of tasting the rice inside the

granary, and fall into trap. They are caught therein and killed. Just

so is the case with soul. It stands on the threshold of Divine bliss,

which is like millions of the highest worldly pleasures solidified

into one; but instead of striving for that bliss, it allows itself to

be enticed by the petty pleasures of the world and falls into the trap

of Maya, the great illusion, and dies therein. "