[Pictured: Mother Yasoda and baby Krishna]
[2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa]
[now a Centre of the international Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission]
DAILY READINGS
Selected from Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji.
Day 904
Yes, God exists, if in your own little prayer rooms [home shrines] if you really pray to God and forget asking him for this, that and everything [else] and tell him, 'I want to see you!' I'm sure one of us in the family will realise him to see him. We are beggars you see. We go in our shrines and temples and say 'God' as if [because] we say 'God' he will listen to us, as if he does not know his duty. Your father when he gave you birth, your mother when she gave you birth, don't you think and mother did their duty? That they'll have to protect you? They'll have to look after you? Yes, if you ask God for something, to make your mind humble, that indirectly your mind must feel you are relying on God, that is good. But we do not feel that we rely on God. We feel it's our right, because we burn a little bit of camphor, we offer a little fruit and we say, 'it's a right' because I'm worshipping that thing, it must give me all the things [I ask for]'. And if it doesn't come [manifest] you try another one. And that doesn't come right you'll try [yet] another one. [Swamiji chuckling] By the time you've tried the third one probably you'll leave earth [i.e. have passed on]. God hasn't come, nothing has come.
So, you must remember this. That you must worship God for God's sake. You must love God for love's sake. And when this [love] comes, you'll get everything. You'll get land, you'll get money, you'll get a wife, children, you'll be king of kings. Because, whoever God's grace falls upon, that particular being becomes master of everything under the sun. He's got the eight psychic powers and the eight psychic powers can make wonders in this world. Ashta siddhis [eight siddhis] they call it.
It is said in the Hanuman Chalisa, 'Oh Lord, you are given the eight siddhis [powers] to become big, small, appear, disappear [etc.] and not only that, you also have the nine kind jewels of bhakti [divine love or devotion]. You know what that is? They are the nine relationships with God. Like 'I am the servant and Thou art the master', 'I am the mother and Thou art the child'. Example of 'I am the servant and Thou art the master?' – Hanumanji and Sri Rama. 'I am the mother and Thou art the child?' – Yasoda [Sri Krishna's mother] or Mary [the mother of Jesus]. You could say 'You are my beloved' – Radha and Krishna. 'You are my friend. I am your friend?' – Arjuna and Krishna. Like that you go on – there are nine relationships [attitudes to] with God that you can have. Hanumanji had all nine.
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. There are currently available, over 100 different CDs or DVDs with mp3 files, of Swamiji speaking. Please email timhoare@webmail.co.za to order. Click HERE for the second website on Swamiji's life and teachings. For more about the Holy Trinity, and also the founding Swamis of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, please mouse over their names below: 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
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