[Sri Ramakrishna]Life of householder & sannyasi.

[Guest guest]

Dear Souravji,

 

You are right in quoting from the Gospel. But the Gospel is meant for the

householders. Thakur chose Sri Ma to spread his gospel for the common man. This

is because Sri Ma was a householder who had himself faced the painful hazards of

a householders life, almost forcing him to suicide, and wanted moksha. It is

known to many that Swami Sivanandaji and also Swami Abhedanandaji were taking

notes on the masters teachings. But Thakur dissuaded them saying the job was

meant for someone else (Sri Ma was yet to arrive on the scene at that time).

However Swami Abhedanandaji did bring out a portion of his writings on print but

this is carefully orchestrated as per the version of Sri Ma.

 

Thakur was pained at the life of the common man smugly immersed in the mundane

pleasures of life and wanted to help them out of the mess. But to unmarried

devotees his clear message was to stay out of the life of the householder. Even

Holy Mother continually stressed on the life of an unmarried devotee if at all

one was unable to take up sannyasa for some compelling reason.

 

The life of a householder is indeed pure torture for those who sincerely wish to

follow the spiritual life. More so in the third world countries where one has to

struggle relentlessly for mere survival.

 

For those wishing to know what Thakur had said for the sannyasis life, he has to

go through the life and teachings of his immediate disciples notably Swami's

Brahmanandaji, Sivanandaji, Adbhutanandaji and Hari Maharaj.

 

I once again reiterate that the life of a householder is indeed very difficult

and one should not entertain any wrong notions in this regard. It is easier for

the men to lead an unmarried life. My heart goes out to those sisters who are

forced into a life of marriage as they are considered to be a burden on their

parents. Many of such pure souls revolting against marriage are finding solace

in such organisations as the Sarada Math, Saradeswari Math, The Brahmakumari

organisation based at Mount Abu etc. One has to visit such organisations to know

how potent instruments in the hands of God are pure women in search of the

divine. My humble obeisance to them.

 

I would request everyone to go through the " Sri Ma Darshan " published by the Sri

Ma Trust, Chandigarh, to know what Sri Ma himself had to say about the life of a

householder. That should open your eyes.

 

Love,

Jagannath.