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Sri Ramakrishna at Surendra's house ----
A DEVOTEE : " Then what is the way for those who have not seen God ? Must they give up all the duties of the world ?"
MASTER : " The best path for this age is bhaktiyoga, the path of bhakti prescribed by Narada : to sing the name and glories of God and pray to Him with a longing heart, ' O God, give me knowledge, give me devotion, and reveal Thyself to me !' The path of karma is extremely difficult. Therefore one should pray: ' O God, make my duties fewer and fewer; and may I , through Thy grace, do the few duties that Thou givest me without any attachment to their results ! May I have no desire to be involved in many activities !'
" It is not possible to give up work altogether. Even to think or meditate is a kind of work. As you develop love for God, your worldly activities become fewer and fewer of themselves. And you lose all interest in them.
A DEVOTEE : " The English people always exhort us to be active. Isn't action the aim of life then ?"
MASTER:" The aim of life is the attainment of God. Work is only a preliminary step; it can never be the end. Even unselfish work is only a means; it is not the end.
" Sambhu mallick once said to me, ' Please bless me, sir, that I may spend all my money for good purposes, such as building hospitals and dispensaries, making roads, and digging wells.' I said to him : ' It will be good if you can do these things in a spirit of detachment. But that is very difficult. Whatever you may do, you must always remember that the aim of this life of yours is the attainment of God and not the building of hospitals and dispensaries. Suppose God appeared before you and said to you , " Accept a boon from Me." Would you then ask Him, " O God, build me some hospitals and dispensaries" ? Or would you rather pray to Him: " O God, may I have pure love at Your Lotus Feet ! May I have Your uninterrupted vision !" Hospitals, dispensaries, and all such things are unreal. God alone is real and all else unreal. Furthermore, after realizing God one feels that He alone is the Doer and we are but His instruments. Then why should we forget Him and destroy ourselves by being involved in too many activities ?
FROM: THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA - PAGE 452/453
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17-Feb-2020
Maa Sayings...
Once when Baburam was suffering from stomach trouble, I gave him sugar-candy syrup to drink. The Master noticed it and said one day, "What did you give Baburam to drink?" I replied, "Sugar-candy syrup." On hearing this he remarked, "They will have to be (all-renouncing) monks. What ill-habits are you helping them to form?"
Shree Maa...
Om Namah Sri Bhagavate Ramakrishnaya!!!
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Monday, February 17, 2020
FOR SPIRITUAL SEEKERS
*BALANCE SHEET Of LIFE*
Birth is your
*Opening Stock.*
What comes to you
is
*Credit.*
What goes from you
is
*Debit.*
Death is your
*Closing Stock.*
Your ideas are your
*Assets.*
Your bad habits are
your *Liabilities.*
Your happiness is
your
*Profit.*
Your sorrow is your
*Loss.*
Your soul is your
*Goodwill.*
Your heart is your
*fixed Assets*
Your character is
your
*Capital.*
Your knowledge is
your
*Investment*
Your age is your
*Depreciation.*
And finally :
*ALWAYS REMEMBER,*
*GOD IS YOUR AUDITOR*
*Have a nice balance sheet of Life
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Maa Sayings...
Disciple: asked her, "Mother, where is God?"
The Mother replied, "Dear, where else is God except very close to His devotees? If worldly people even visit the place used by holy men, the very atmosphere of the place can remove the dross of their mind."
Shree Maa...
Om Namah Sri Bhagavate Ramakrishnaya!!!
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Sunday, February 9, 2020
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Sri Ramakrishna in conversation with Pratap Chandra Mazumdar of the Brahmo Samaj.
MASTER ( to Pratap ): " You have been to England. Tell us what you saw there ".
PRATAP :" The English people worship what you call ' gold '. Of course, there are also some good people in England, those who live an unattached life. But generally one finds there a great display of rajas in everything. I saw the same in America."
MASTER (to Pratap ) : " It is not in England alone that one sees attachment to worldly things. You see it everywhere. But remember that work is only the first step in spiritual life. God cannot be realized without sattva --- love, discrimination, kindness, and so on. It is the very nature of rajas to involve a man in many worldly activities. That is why rajas degenerates into tamas. If a man is entangled in too many activities he surely forgets God. He becomes more and more attached to ' woman and gold ' .
" But it is not possible for you to give up work altogether. Your very nature will lead you to it whether you like it or not. Therefore the scriptures ask you to work in a detached spirit, that is to say, not to crave the work's results. For example, you may perform devotions and worship, and practice austerities, but your aim is not to earn people's recognition or to increase your merit.
" To work in such a spirit of detachment is known as karmayoga. But it is very difficult. We are living in the Kaliyuga, when one easily becomes attached to one's actions. You may think you are working in a detached spirit, but attachment creeps into the mind from nobody knows where.
You may worship in the temple or arrange a grand religious festival or feed many poor and starving people. You may think you have done all this without hankering after the results. But unknown to yourself the desire for name and fame has somehow crept into your mind. Complete detachment from the results of action is possible only for one who has seen God."
FROM: THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA - PAGE 452
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