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Sri Ramakrishna, to M. and the other devotees: "Hostility is not good. Saktas, Vaishnavas and Vedantists quarrel among themselves, and that is not good. Padmalochan was the court pandit of Burdwan. A debate was going on in the court: which is greater, Siva or Brahma? Padmalochan gave a fine answer: 'I don't know. I am not acquainted with Siva, nor with Brahma either.'" Everyone laughs.