The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - 5

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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

fifth part - The Master and Vijay Goswami.

 

 

5. The Master and Vijay Goswami

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* After attaining Knowledge, some people give up their

bodies.

 

* Bound creatures, entangled in worldliness, will not

come to their senses at all. They suffer so much

misery and agony, they face so many dangers, and yet

they will not wake up.

 

* Without intense yearning, a man cannot realize God.

 

* He, who has realized God, does not look upon a woman

with the eyes of lust; so he is not afraid of her. He

perceives clearly that women are but so many aspects

of the Divine Mother. He worships them all as the

Mother Herself.

 

* If a disciple falls into the clutches of an

incompetent teacher, he doesn't attain liberation.

 

* Maya is nothing but the egotism of the embodied

soul. This egotism has covered everything like a veil.

'All troubles come to an end when the ego dies.'

 

* If by God's grace, a man but once realizes that he

is not the doer, then he at once becomes a jivanmukta:

though living in the body, he is liberated. He has

nothing else to fear.

 

* If by the guru's grace, one's ego vanishes, then one

sees God.

 

* A man can get rid of the ego after the attainment of

Knowledge.

 

* He, who has attained God, keeps only an appearance

of ego; there remains in him only a semblance of anger

and lust.

 

* One may reach God by following the path of

discrimination too: that is called jnana yoga. But it

is an extremely difficult path.

 

* One cannot realize God without prema-bhakti. Another

name for prema-bhakti is raga-bhakti (supreme love,

which makes one attached only to God). God cannot be

realized without love and longing. Unless one has

learnt to love God, one cannot realize Him.

 

* Similarly, one practises japa, austerity, and

fasting, in order to acquire love of God. Such actions

as japa and austerity drop away when one spontaneously

feels love of God.

 

* One cannot assimilate spiritual instruction unless

one has already developed love of God.

 

* One cannot see God without purity of heart.

 

* One must altogether renounce egotism; one cannot see

God as long as one feels, 'I am the doer'.

 

* The impurity of the mind is destroyed through the

performance of duty.

 

* One should not reason too much. Too much reasoning

throws the mind into confusion.

 

* One cannot be spiritual as long as one feels shame,

hatred, or fear.

 

* Ordinary people do not recognize the advent of an

Incarnation of God. He comes in secret.

 

* Chant God's name, and with it pray to Him that you

may have love for Him. Pray to God that your

attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name,

and creature comforts may become less and less every

day.

 

* The constant company of holy men is necessary. They

introduce one to God.

 

 

Love, Light and Peace...

Kumar

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C. P. KUMAR

Scientist 'E1'

National Institute of Hydrology

Jal Vigyan Bhawan

Roorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal)

INDIA

 

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