Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Dear Spiritial Brothers and Sisters, I have extracted few significant teachings (to the best of my capability) from "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna" (Abridged Edition). Here, I place the first part - Master and Disciple. * When, hearing the name of Hari or Rama once, you shed tears and your hair stands on end, then you may know for certain that you do not have to perform such devotions as the sandhya any more. Only then will you have the right to renounce rituals; or rather, rituals will drop away of themselves. Then it will be enough if you repeat only the name of Rama or Hari, or even simply Om. * To know God is knowledge, and not to know Him, ignorance. * God with form is just as true as God without form. But hold fast to your own conviction. * Who are you to teach others? He who is the Lord of the Universe will teach everyone. If they need teaching, then He will be the Teacher. He is our inner Guide. * Repeat God's name and sing His glories, and now and then visit God's devotees and holy men. * To fix the mind on God is very difficult, in the beginning, unless one practices meditation in solitude. * There are three ways of meditating: think of God while doing your duties, or meditate on Him in a secluded corner of your house, or contemplate Him in a wood. * Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God. * By meditating on God in solitude, the mind acquires knowledge, dispassion, and devotion. * God dwells in all beings. But you may be quite intimate only with good people; you must keep away from the evil-minded. * God undoubtedly dwells in the hearts of all - holy and unholy, righteous and unrighteous; but a man should not have dealings with the unholy, the wicked, the impure. * A man living in a society should make a show of anger to protect himself from evil-minded people. But he should not harm anybody in anticipation of harm likely to be done to him. * From time to time, a worldly person should live in the company of holy men, and also go into solitude to meditate on God. Furthermore, he should practise discrimination and pray to God for faith and devotion. Love, Light and Peace... Kumar =============================================== C. P. KUMAR Scientist 'E1' National Institute of Hydrology Jal Vigyan Bhawan Roorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal) INDIA Web Page : http://www.angelfire.com/nh/cpkumar/ =============================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Dear Kumar, This was really wonderfull, is there a reference? or can we have some more? Thanking you, Best Wishes, Kanupriya. "C. P. Kumar" <cpkumar > wrote: Dear Spiritial Brothers and Sisters,I have extracted few significant teachings (to thebest of my capability) from "The Gospel of SriRamakrishna" (Abridged Edition). Here, I place thefirst part - Master and Disciple. * When, hearing the name of Hari or Rama once, youshed tears and your hair stands on end, then you mayknow for certain that you do not have to perform suchdevotions as the sandhya any more. Only then will youhave the right to renounce rituals; or rather, ritualswill drop away of themselves. Then it will be enoughif you repeat only the name of Rama or Hari, or evensimply Om.* To know God is knowledge, and not to know Him,ignorance.* God with form is just as true as God without form.But hold fast to your own conviction.* Who are you to teach others? He who is the Lord ofthe Universe will teach everyone. If they needteaching, then He will be the Teacher. He is our innerGuide.* Repeat God's name and sing His glories, and now andthen visit God's devotees and holy men.* To fix the mind on God is very difficult, in thebeginning, unless one practices meditation insolitude.* There are three ways of meditating: think of Godwhile doing your duties, or meditate on Him in asecluded corner of your house, or contemplate Him in awood.* Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God.* By meditating on God in solitude, the mind acquiresknowledge, dispassion, and devotion.* God dwells in all beings. But you may be quiteintimate only with good people; you must keep awayfrom the evil-minded.* God undoubtedly dwells in the hearts of all - holyand unholy, righteous and unrighteous; but a manshould not have dealings with the unholy, the wicked,the impure.* A man living in a society should make a show ofanger to protect himself from evil-minded people. Buthe should not harm anybody in anticipation of harmlikely to be done to him.* From time to time, a worldly person should live inthe company of holy men, and also go into solitude tomeditate on God. Furthermore, he should practisediscrimination and pray to God for faith and devotion.Love, Light and Peace...Kumar===============================================C. P. KUMARScientist 'E1'National Institute of HydrologyJal Vigyan BhawanRoorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal)INDIAWeb Page : http://www.angelfire.com/nh/cpkumar/===============================================Jay GurudevTired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Dear Kanupriya, Thanks for the encouragement. I am planning to post extracts from subsequent chapters once per week. Regards Kumar Wed, 21 Jul 2004 04:59:12 -0700 (PDT) kanu priya <kanupriya003 Re: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - 1 Om Gurave Namah ~ Bhalchandraya Hum Dear Kumar, This was really wonderfull, is there a reference? or can we have some more? Thanking you, Best Wishes, Kanupriya. "C. P. Kumar" <cpkumar wrote: Dear Spiritial Brothers and Sisters, I have extracted few significant teachings (to the best of my capability) from "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna" (Abridged Edition). Here, I place the first part - Master and Disciple. * When, hearing the name of Hari or Rama once, you shed tears and your hair stands on end, then you may know for certain that you do not have to perform such devotions as the sandhya any more. Only then will you have the right to renounce rituals; or rather, rituals will drop away of themselves. Then it will be enough if you repeat only the name of Rama or Hari, or even simply Om. * To know God is knowledge, and not to know Him, ignorance. * God with form is just as true as God without form. But hold fast to your own conviction. * Who are you to teach others? He who is the Lord of the Universe will teach everyone. If they need teaching, then He will be the Teacher. He is our inner Guide. * Repeat God's name and sing His glories, and now and then visit God's devotees and holy men. * To fix the mind on God is very difficult, in the beginning, unless one practices meditation in solitude. * There are three ways of meditating: think of God while doing your duties, or meditate on Him in a secluded corner of your house, or contemplate Him in a wood. * Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God. * By meditating on God in solitude, the mind acquires knowledge, dispassion, and devotion. * God dwells in all beings. But you may be quite intimate only with good people; you must keep away from the evil-minded. * God undoubtedly dwells in the hearts of all - holy and unholy, righteous and unrighteous; but a man should not have dealings with the unholy, the wicked, the impure. * A man living in a society should make a show of anger to protect himself from evil-minded people. But he should not harm anybody in anticipation of harm likely to be done to him. * From time to time, a worldly person should live in the company of holy men, and also go into solitude to meditate on God. Furthermore, he should practise discrimination and pray to God for faith and devotion. Love, Light and Peace... Kumar =============================================== C. P. KUMAR Scientist 'E1' National Institute of Hydrology Jal Vigyan Bhawan Roorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal) INDIA Web Page : http://www.angelfire.com/nh/cpkumar/ =============================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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