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ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya

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January 2018

At the Star Theatre (I)

Master praises Captain’s devotion — The spell of Divine Sakti — Nature of gopis’ love for Krishna — Unfulfilled desires make one deviate from yoga — About Rakhal — Balaram’s devotion — Narendra’s first visit — Master warns the devotees about women — Master’s attraction for people — His own reminiscences — Master’s following of…

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The Durga Puja Festival

Master’s catholicity — Different paths for different temperaments — Dogmatism condemned — Encouragement to Vijay — How to deal with wicked people — Advice to householders — Difference between ordinary men and Incarnations — Nature of the ever-perfect — Illustration of homa bird — Discrimination about food — Master’s divine madness — Oneness of Sakti…

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The Master in Various Moods

Inscrutability of God’s ways — Two ways of yoga — Efficacy of bhakti-yoga — Householder’s duty — Complete renunciation for religious teachers — Hard rules for a sannyasi — About Keshab and Vijay — Praise of guilelessness and purity — Master’s guilelessness — Nature of Brahman — What happens after death — Maya hides Knowledge…

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Advice to Ishan

The worldly Jadu Mallick — Warning devotees about women — How to conquer passion — Disciplines during the sadhana period — Planes of mind — On meditation — Tendencies from previous births — Dayananda — Theosophy — Preparation for God-vision — Purusha and Prakriti — Knowledge and ignorance — Hollowness of worldly love — Reason…

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Visit to the Sinthi Brahmo Samaj

Occult powers — Four classes of devotees —Difference between intellectual understanding and actual vision — Advice to Brahmos — Need of firmness and conviction — Faith of the worldly-minded — Seek the Creator and not the world’s beauty — Futility of mere study — Different degrees of divine manifestation — Advice to the worldly-minded —…

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With Various Devotees

God in all beings — Master and Hriday — Bhava and mahabhava — Discipline for God-vision — Futility of mere study — Yearning for God — Work hard for His realization — Favourable conditions for realization of God — See God in the world — Story of “the will of Rama” — Master’s first meeting…

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Bankim Chandra

Adhar — Meaning of Radha and Krishna — Purusha and Prakriti imply each other — Their inner harmony — Master and preaching — Preaching without God’s command — Life after death — Duties of life — Master scolds Bankim — Devotees and tlie worldly-minded — Charity — The sannyasi’s duty — The householder’s duty —…

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At the Star Theatre (II)

Assimilation of spiritual ideas — Master sees a performance — Signs of God-vision — Different moods of liberated souls — The ego of the devotee — Three classes of devotees — Restlessness for God-vision — Worldly man’s spiritual discipline — Master and Girish — Master and book-learning — First God and then the world —…

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The Master’s Birthday

Master’s love for Narendra — Master’s samadhi — Hazra’s eccentricities — Goal of scriptural study — Occult powers — Go beyond duality — Advice to Surendra — Duties of householders — Master praises charity — Master and Girish — Selfless divine love — Knowledge of Brahman — Two paths of Brahmajnana — The ego of…

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The Master and Narendra

Two kinds of devotion — Vision of God — How a liberated soul lives in the world — Detachment of a child — “I-consciousness” after God-realization — Master warns Narendra about householders — Worldly people have no time for spiritual practice — Akbar and the holy man — Master talks about his young disciples —…

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