WEDNESDAY, July 3, 1895. Generally speaking, human religion begins with fear. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." But later comes the higher idea. "Perfect love casteth out …
Tuesday, July 2 – Inspired Talks
TUESDAY, July 2, 1895. (The Divine Mother.) Shâktas worship the Universal Energy as Mother, the sweetest name they know; for the mother is the highest ideal of womanhood in India. When God is …
Monday, July 1 – Inspired Talks
MONDAY, July 1, 1895. (Shri Ramakrishna Deva) Shri Ramakrishna was the son of a very orthodox Brahmin, who would refuse even a gift from any but a special caste of Brahmins; neither might he …
Sunday, June 30 – Inspired Talks
SUNDAY, June 30, 1895. To try to think without a phantasm is to try to make the impossible possible. We cannot think "mammalia" without a concrete example. So with the idea of God. The …
Saturday, June 29 – Inspired Talks
SATURDAY, June 29, 1895. (The Swami came this morning with a Gita in his hand.) Krishna, the "Lord of souls", talks to Arjuna or Gudâkesha, "lord of sleep" (he who has conquered sleep). The …
Friday, June 28 – Inspired Talks
FRIDAY, June 28, 1895. (The entire party went on a picnic for the day, and although the Swami taught constantly, as he did wherever he was, no notes were taken and no record, therefore, of what …