31. To those who worship Mewith single-minded devotion,I guarantee their liberation.🌟 ix. 22 32. The foremost of these is the sage who is ever-steadfastand devoted to the One.Very dear am I to the wise man and he to Me. vii. 17 33. At the end of many births,the man of wisdom comes to Merealising thatContinue reading “Gita Saar”
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Different stages of spiritual progress
MUKHERJI: “It is good to read sacred books like the Gitā.” MASTER: “But what will you gain by mere reading?Some have heard of milk, some have seen it, and there are some, besides, who have drunk it.God can indeed be seen; what is more, one can talk to Him. “The first stage is that ofContinue reading “Different stages of spiritual progress”
God alone is real.
“That Man is a true man whose mind dwells on God. He alone is a man whose spiritual consciousness has been awakened and who is really convinced that God alone is real and all else illusory. Futile is the human birth without the awakening of spiritual consciousness.” – Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa.
See God in everything
It is all right to enjoy life; the secret of happiness is not to become attached to anything. Enjoy the smell of the flower, but see God in it. I have kept the consciousness of the senses only that in using them I may always perceive and think of God. “Mine eyes were made toContinue reading “See God in everything”
Attend Worldly work .
Girish: “Well sir, which way is more difficult: to renounce the world painfully, or to call upon Him while living in the household?” Sri Ramakrishna (to M.): “Don’t you know what the Gita says? One truly attains the Lord, if one attends to worldly work in a detached spirit, if one lives the worldly lifeContinue reading “Attend Worldly work .”
Once taste God’s sweetness.
They could never substitute for the bliss of God. Even if you do no more than pray sincerely to Him, His great joy will eventually come upon you. “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””You should wish for a thousand million deaths rather than enmesh yourself in bad habits from which you cannot free yourself. Money, sex, and wine were createdContinue reading “Once taste God’s sweetness.”
Don’t waste time.
“You waste precious time each day. Every little time you spend with God will be spent to your best advantage; and whatever you achieve with the desire to please God in your heart will stand unto eternity. God is freedom from all misery. God is the wealth and the health you seek. The desire ofContinue reading “Don’t waste time.”
Only Karma should be worked out.
A JNANI HAS NO BODY Before leaving the ashram, I wrote down several questions for Guy Hague to ask Bhagavan that I had not had a chance to ask myself. I had been bothered by the fact that so many saints and enlightened people had been ill and suffering physically. I asked, “Should they notContinue reading “Only Karma should be worked out.”
Self as residue.
In deep sleep there are no thoughts, and there is no world. In the states of waking and dream, there are thoughts, and there is a world also. Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) out of itself and again withdraws it into itself, likewise the mind projects the world out ofContinue reading “Self as residue.”
Lose his mine-ness
“When a man surrenders himself as a slave to the divine Lord, he realises at the end that all his actions are the actions of God. He loses his mine-ness. This is what is meant by ‘doing the will of God’. This is Siddhanta [the final view; the settled conclusion]. When a man realises thatContinue reading “Lose his mine-ness”
