Study the Ramakrishna literature well. You will then be able to serve him well. p.150, Letters for Spiritual Seekers, Swami Shivanandaji’s letter from Belur Math on 21 April 1919. …
March 29: Real Renunciation
Afflicted with miseries at home, one may put on the ochre cloth of a monk; but that renunciation doesn’t last long. Again, a man out of work puts on an ochre wearing- cloth and goes off to Benares. …
March 15: God Becomes a Man, an Avatar
God becomes a man, an Avatar, and comes to earth with His devotees. And the devotees leave the world with Him…. A band of minstrels suddenly appears, dances, and sings, and it departs in the same …
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March 14: Is This Another Crucifixion?
M. was seated by his side. Sri Ramakrishna asked him by a sign to come nearer. The sight of his suffering was unbearable. In a very soft voice and with great difficulty he said to M.” “I have gone on …
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Mar 11: You Must Begin to Work
Mother, everyone says, ‘My watch alone is right.’ The Christians, the Brahmos, the Hindus, the Mussalmans, all say, “My religion alone is true.’ But, Mother, the fact is that nobody’s watch is right. …
March 9: Devote Yourself to the Service of Others
Why doesn’t God free us from the world? Ah, He will free us when the disease is cured. He will liberate us from the world when we are through with the enjoyment of ‘woman and gold’. Once a man …
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