DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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Pray like this: God give me love to love You more; God give me knowledge to realise You; God guide and protect me in such a way that whatever I do in my daily life I will be reminded of You and will do it as a love offering to You.
In this way every action becomes karma yoga. And every action that is karma yoga will involve bhakti yoga. Because of love you will do that particular thing. And it will involve knowledge, jnana yoga, because you will offer it to God and not to the world. And it will become mind control, raja yoga, because your mind will not run away from God Himself.
It is not sacrilegious to take God's name. You must take God's name provided you take God's name with love and reverence - that is the only prerequisite.
At the office say to God: 'It is because of Your strength, Your intelligence, that I did this work. I offer this work to You.' Do not think that you are giving your boss this work for money. Think that you are giving the boss prasad because you have offered it to God. Anything that you offer to God and give to people becomes prasad in a special way.
When you look at people know that God is omnipresent, therefore God is present in this man, God is there though you cannot see Him with these eyes. You see God with the mind and intellect first; you imagine He is there; and as you do this God Himself will give you more power to remember Him in everyday life.
In that way you will not neglect the temple, the ashram, the mosque, or the synagogue; because what you pray for in the shrine you will be giving out in your daily action, in your daily dealings. You will not be praying to God in a shrine and then robbing people outside. Because if you do that you are actually committing more sin, you are offering God that which is not truth. God is truth, you must offer God truth. God is love, you must offer God love. God is full of mercy, offer God mercy. Thus your life will become an ideal life and others can see it and follow it.
1) Care should be taken by the reader to understand and take Swamiji's words in these postings, in context. Every teaching or instruction that he gave was specific to the people who were with Swamiji at the time. 2) Mouse-over the words highlighted in red in the posting for further explanation or links.
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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - read online
Reference websites - please mouse over the name and click to connect:
Ramakrishna Math and Mission Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa Ramakrishna Dham