Life: February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886
Birthday: February 18
Death: August 16
Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water. There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The 'I' is the jar.
source: Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center
topic: Water, Jars, Imagine, Expanse, Above And Below