[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 897
You can pray for others if you think your God is living. Ask with faith and a pure heart, full of love for your Deity [Ishta Deva]. Positive thought must affect the subtle body of the person you pray for because thought is a living force. You are after all praying for their subtle body.
A God-man may look like he is sleeping, but actually he is in God – he slips into God.
You may remain quiet, but judgment goes on all the time in your mind. What to do? Remember the Lord constantly instead of listening to the radio or talking. Everything is divine. Salute It [the divine omnipresence] all the time.
If even a dog cannot trust you, how can human beings trust you?
Sri Sarada Devi [the wife, nun consort of Sri Ramakrishna] said, 'Truly I am your mother. In times of trouble remember you have a mother.' Sri Sarada Devi was love, love, love, for every part of her creation. She even said, 'I am the Mother of the virtuous and the sinner.' The only thing to do is to accept her and love her personality. You can only do this when you become those qualities.
When someone speaks negatively - think of her. Many came to her, thinking they were sinners, but she only saw saints in disguise. And she converted their lives, for higher purposes. She purified others by cooking and dishing up [serving them food, now prasad - sacramental food] with her own hands. This purified their very intellect [buddhi]. She comes in all forms. May you know you are on her lap and she is in your heart.
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
