To GeorgeSon on Ramakrishna's Prayer and Similar One From the Chandi

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GeorgeSon wrote:

 

Many in India consider Sri Ramakrishna the foremost devotee of the Divine

Mother. Here is His prayer quoted in the "Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna":

 

"O Mother, I throw myself on Thy mercy; I take shelter at Thy hallowed feet.

I do not want bodily comforts; I do not crave for name and fame; I do not

seek the eight occult powers. Be gracious and grant that I may have pure love

for Thee, a love unsmiften by desires, cherished by no selfish ends - a love

craved by the devotees for the sake of love alone. And grant me that favour, O

Mother, that I may not be deluded by Thy world-bewitching maya, that I may

never be attached to the world, to "woman and gold" conjured up by Thy

inscrutable maya. O Mother, there is no one but Thee whom I may call my own.

Mother,

I do not know how to worship; I am without austerity; I have neither

devotion nor knowledge. Be gracious, O mother, and out of Thy infinite mercy

grant

me love for Thy lotus feet." (The Gospel, p. 707).

 

 

 

Dear GeorgeSon ~ Oh! How beautiful this is, and does it not seem to be the

answer to your feelings of loss? It is very interesting, but where Ramakrishna

says "Mother, I do not know how to worship...," etc., a passage very much

like this is in the Chandi Path. It is toward the end, so after you have been

worshiping for quite awhile, you acknowledge that you really don't know how to

worship. I love it because it seems to be an eraser ... erasing any mistake I

may have made in my worship such as pronunciation, or only being able to

chant one chapter at a time (there are many who chant the entire Chandi every

day).

 

Here is the passage from the Chandi; it is most beautiful:

 

"Mother, I don't know mantras nor yantras, nor can I sing

your praise. I don't know how to welcome you, nor how to

meditate on your presence. Neither do I know how to sing

your glories, nor how to show your mystical signs, nor even

how to lament. But I shall keep on calling you, you who

take away the difficulties of all."

 

Is this not beautiful? Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

 

 

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Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote:

>

> GeorgeSon wrote:

>

> Many in India consider Sri Ramakrishna the foremost devotee of

the Divine

> Mother. Here is His prayer quoted in the "Gospel of Sri

Ramakrishna":

>

> "O Mother, I throw myself on Thy mercy; I take shelter at Thy

hallowed feet.

> I do not want bodily comforts; I do not crave for name and fame;

I do not

> seek the eight occult powers. Be gracious and grant that I may

have pure love

> for Thee, a love unsmiften by desires, cherished by no selfish

ends - a love

> craved by the devotees for the sake of love alone. And grant me

that favour, O

> Mother, that I may not be deluded by Thy world-bewitching maya,

that I may

> never be attached to the world, to "woman and gold" conjured up

by Thy

> inscrutable maya. O Mother, there is no one but Thee whom I may

call my own. Mother,

> I do not know how to worship; I am without austerity; I have

neither

> devotion nor knowledge. Be gracious, O mother, and out of Thy

infinite mercy grant

> me love for Thy lotus feet." (The Gospel, p. 707).

>

>

>

> Dear GeorgeSon ~ Oh! How beautiful this is, and does it not seem

to be the

> answer to your feelings of loss? It is very interesting, but where

Ramakrishna

> says "Mother, I do not know how to worship...," etc., a passage

very much

> like this is in the Chandi Path. It is toward the end, so after

you have been

> worshiping for quite awhile, you acknowledge that you really don't

know how to

> worship. I love it because it seems to be an eraser ... erasing

any mistake I

> may have made in my worship such as pronunciation, or only being

able to

> chant one chapter at a time (there are many who chant the entire

Chandi every

> day).

>

> Here is the passage from the Chandi; it is most beautiful:

>

> "Mother, I don't know mantras nor yantras, nor can I sing

> your praise. I don't know how to welcome you, nor how to

> meditate on your presence. Neither do I know how to sing

> your glories, nor how to show your mystical signs, nor even

> how to lament. But I shall keep on calling you, you who

> take away the difficulties of all."

>

> Is this not beautiful? Jai Ma ~ Linda

>

> yes it is definitely beutiful.

>