THE CURE FOR MANAMATTAKARI IS ABHYASA YOGA

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Salutations to Thakur, Guru, and Ma!

 

 

 

Sri Ramakrishna--"The bound soul, attached to worldliness, talks only of the

world at the time of death.

 

What use is it to count the beads superficially, take a bath in the Ganga or

visit holy places if within oneself one has attachment for the world? Then the

world comes before the eyes at death. What nonsense he talks just before dying !

Perhaps in delirium he cries out, 'Turmeric powder, five seasoned spices and

cassia leaf'. Normally the parrot repeats 'Radha Krishna' but when a cat seizes

upon it the only sound that comes out of his throat is 'tan-tan'.

 

The Gita says the same: 'You will carry with you to your next life what you

think at the time of your death. Raja Bharat left his body uttering, Deer,

deer'. So he was reborn as a deer.

 

If you think of the Lord at the time of death, you attain Him and then you don't

have to return to this world."

 

 

 

The Brahmo Bhakta--"Sir, one has meditated on the Lord at other times, but not

at the time of death, does it mean that one will have to come to this world of

pleasure and pains again? But why, had he not been meditating on the Lord

earlier?"

 

 

 

Sri Ramakrishna--"A man does meditate on God, but he does not have faith in Him.

So, he forgets Him time and again, and gets attached to the world. It is like

the elephant who has just been washed. It again soils itself with mud and dust.

Manamattakari (the mind is a mad elephant). But if the elephant is taken to its

stable soon after the wash, it cannot rub mud and slush on its body.

 

If one thinks of God at the time of death, one's mind is purified; such a mind

does not again get a chance to become attached to the world."

 

 

 

Satchitananda

 

Kathy

 

 

 

(SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA. Vol. I., 296-8)

 

 

 

Sri Ramakrishna--"One has no faith in God, that is why one suffers so much from

the consequences of one's actions. People say that when you are taking a dip in

the Ganga, your sins leave you and perch themselves on the tree at the bank of

the river. As soon as you come back to the bank after the bath, all your sins

again fly back and sit firmly on your shoulders. (All laugh)

 

You must devise means beforehand so that your mind is in God at the time of

death. The way is---Abhyasa Yoga (constant sincere practice). You will then

remember Him in your last moments too."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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