SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
616
[Pictured: Swami Shivapadanandaji Maharaj]
I do not like using psychology because psychology is not my line, my line is spirituality. Psychology means: those people who live in the mind. And they use mind language. I live in the spirit and I like to use spirit language.
The scriptures are precise and to the point. Swami Vivekananda said, 'Work is worship,' not, 'Worship is work'. That is how a spiritual mind should contemplate about the scriptures.
Smile at all times. That is my mantra to you. Make jokes about God and no one else. Swami Vivekananda used to mimic Sri Ramakrishna and what hearty laughter his brother disciples used to have. Jokes about God cannot be low; they are always very high and uplifting.
Swamiji [meaning himself] sometimes forces you to come to these spiritual [Yoga] Camps because what is gained here can never be gained at other times. In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says: 'Whatsoever man practices for my sake, no matter how little it is, it is never ever lost, O Arjuna.' From this point of view I think all of you are blessed. Those of you who really treat it as a camp to unite yourself with the Lord, which is seated in your heart, are blessed. And those people who come here thinking that they will get some inspiration also are blessed - for nothing will go in vain. This yoga camp is not of my making. It is based on the words of Sri Ramakrishna. He said to his devotees that in Kali Yuga, if man cries intensely for God for three days, he will find God.
You people at this Camp become miserable because you are attached; attached to comfort, attached to what is called 'not pain'; and you do not want to give up these things.
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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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Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Nischalananda Puri, Swami Shivapadananda Click Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna to read online... Reference websites (please mouse-over
the name to connect): Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Ramakrishna Centre of SA, Ramakrishna Centre of Southern Africa,
Ramakrishna Dham, Swami Shivapadananda 2