Sermon on the Mount - 2

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The Sermon on the Mount - 2

 

The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) - Part 2

 

[ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 

Humility is the first sign of a true disciple. Humility does not mean

unquestioning. The questioning must be to learn from the teacher and not

to " test " the teacher. The Bhagavat Gita says, " Those illumined souls

who have realised the Truth will instruct you in the knowledge of Brahman

if you will prostrate yourself before them, question them and serve them

as a disciple. "

 

[ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

 

This grief comes due to the realisation that one has not yet realised God.

This grief is a rare gift of God. As Sri Ramakrishna used to say, " People

shed rivers of tears for a child or wealth. But who sheds one drop of tear

for God ? " Jesus also says that those who shed tears for God are blessed.

Sri Ramakrishna used to say that if the name of God brings tears into a

person's eyes, he is not far from God-realisation.

 

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