ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya
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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 —…
ReadAssimilation 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 —…
ReadMaster’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…
ReadTwo 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 —…
ReadBalaram Bose — Master’s exalted spiritual state — The younger Naren — Mystery of Divine Incarnation — Seek God in man — God known to the pure mind — Master’s love for Narayan — The purpose of the scriptures — Mere scholarship condemned — Narendra’s many virtues — Master’s prayer — At Girish’s house —…
ReadMaster’s own reminiscences — Various forms of his meditation — Master’s meditation on formless Spirit — Three kinds of sadhana — Nature of deep concentration — Single-mindedness in meditation — Occult powers — A false teacher — Master’s visions during sadhana — Experience of mahabhava — Power of “woman and gold” — Efficacy of truthfulness…
ReadMaster and M. — Discussion about Divine Incarnation — Kirtan about Radha and Krishna — About Hazra — Master’s exalted mood — Difference between a jiva and an Incarnation — Divine knowledge destroys egotism — The ego after God-vision — Hazra’s selfishness — God’s grace — Unreality of all worldly relationships — Narendra’s scepticism —…
ReadNitya and Lila — The seed of bhakti cannot be destroyed — Reality includes both Absolute and universe — Futility of mere scholarship — Advice to the worldly — The real teacher — Go beyond knowledge and ignorance — Nature of the worldly — Master’s adherence to truth — Divine Incarnation — Master reprimands Captain…
ReadMaster on Purna — Purna’s divine traits — Story of Ranjit Raya • Gopal Ma — God dwelling in the Master — Worries associated with human birth — Nitya and Lila — Essence of Vedanta — Absolute and Relative are correlatives — Brahman and Sakti — Synthesis of the formless Reality and God with form…
ReadPictures at Nanda’s house — Master praises his host — Master’s prayer — Nature of worldly enjoyment — Is God partial? — Liberation for all — Nature of “I” — God, the Wish-fulfilling Tree — About the afterlife — Narada and Hanuman — Different degrees of divine manifestation — Visit to the brahmani’s house —…
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