ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya
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Brahman and Sakti identical — Many forms of divine manifestation — Duties and ceremonial devotions — Practice of God-communion — Necessity of spiritual discipline — Self-surrender to God — Illustration of monkey and kitten — God with form and the formless Deity — The Master’s prayer for pure love — Unswerving devotion to God —…
ReadMaster’s injured arm — Yearning for God — Master’s prayer to the Divine Mother — Prayer and discrimination — The power of God’s name — Ego separates one from Brahman — Warning about lust — Hard discipline for sannyasi — Four stages of life — Master’s childlike impatience — God’s manifestation as man — Trailokya’s…
ReadGod and His splendour — God Himself has become everything — Influence of company — Obstacles to yoga — Spiritual discipline — Will-power needed for renunciation — Master denounces hypocrisy — The ideal of a spiritual family — Different forms of austerity — Sin and repentance — Rules for concentration — Two forms of meditation…
ReadHow the Lord Himself is deluded by His own maya — The Anahata sound — Reincarnation — The “ego of Devotion” — The “ego of Knowledge” — The signs of a jnani — The ego of a jnani — Jnani looks on the world as illusory — The state of a vijnani — Master’s adherence…
ReadPassions should be directed to God — Money is the source of trouble — Do your duties and remember God — Means of Self-realization — Keeping the pictures of holy persons — God in human forms — Divine Incarnation — Master and Keshab — God, the scripture, and the devotee are identical — Brahman and…
ReadKrishna and gopis at Vrindavan — Master’s ecstasy — Radha’s anguish at separation from Krishna — Master’s praise of Niranjan — Be mad for God alone — Egotism brings calamity — Parable of the calf — Signs of God-vision — Harmless ego — Secret of work — The path of bhakti for this age —…
ReadSufferings in the worldly life — Pundit Shashadhar — Efficacy of bhakti for modern times — Futility of lecturing — Rituals prepare the way for divine love — Preacher with God’s commission — Divine wisdom is inexhaustible — Master exhorts the pundit to cultivate divine love — Many paths to realize God — Three yogas…
ReadNature of Brahman — Glories of Kali — Mere study of scriptures is futile — Reading, hearing, and seeing — The nature of jnanis and vijnanis — Both Nitya and Lila easily accessible to the vijnani — All-embracing realization of the vijnani — Three states of God-Consciousness — Samadhi described — The vijnani is fearless…
ReadYoga and the six centres — The state of samadhi — Keeping individuality after samadhi — Two classes of paramahamsas — Paramahamsas as teachers of men — Master sings of divine joy — Renunciation, true and false — Prema, the rarest love of God — How to attain pure love of God — Degrees of…
ReadSigns of a perfect soul — Description of the Bauls — Different paths leading to God — Devotion to one’s own path and respect for others’ — The tides in the Ganges — Master in ecstasy — Advice to Adhar about renunciation — Signs of a real devotee — Master’s genuine love for his disciples…
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