[Pictured: Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Sri Sarada Devi - the Holy Mother]
[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 887
Swamiji continues reading from the Vivekachudamani or 'Crest Jewel of Discrimination'
You should not stare [meaning, show restraint and respect] at the guru [Spiritual Preceptor]. The guru will speak first. The bhakta [devotee] said to [Lord] Rama, 'I stand and wait for thee, Lord, hoping that one day thy glance will fall on me.'
Question: When a visiting sannyasi [Hindu monk, Swami] comes here, how must we behave?
Swamiji: As you would with your father.
Sri Ramakrishna's devotees have no problem, only they must not indulge in the free play of the senses, or become greedy. Sri Sarada Devi [known as the Holy Mother, wife/nun-consort of Sri Ramakrishna] said, 'O my child, when there are difficulties, like a cloud they will go. Difficulties come to all and when God incarnates, difficulties come to him.'
Eat sattvic [balanced, non sense-arousing] food. Speak in a sattvic manner.
In one whose heart is pure, the causal, subtle and gross bodies are also pure. If any of them are not pure, the heart is not altogether pure. You are seated here to become pure in heart, thus the soul will manifest its true nature. If the three bodies become pure you will not be a hypocrite [i.e. there will be congruence and authenticity]. Sri Ramakrishna was not a hypocrite. If the intellectual, mental and physical bodies are pure, you will be pure in thought word and deed.
A God-realised man never does what is wrong. A real devotee of God never speaks lies; in thought, word or deed.
In the mantra 'OM namah Shivaya', thought is OM; word is namah; and deed is Shivaya.
Pray: 'O God, help me to be pure in thought, word and deed. Let us live in love.
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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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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