Swamiji singing praises to the Guru.
A goosebump moment for any devotees who remember the old days at the Avoca Ashram. Swamiji singing 'OM Guru Natha' – a simple and lovely bhajan honouring the Guru.
When we devotees sang it, we'd often include the names of our Guruparampara (spiritual lineage) saints and sages in it.
I recall our beloved sister Narayani including Swamiji's name – so 'Shivapadananda OM', in one of the verses during a satsang. Afterwards, Swamiji told us all, gently and lovingly, not to include the name of an embodied sannyasi in the words.
Close eyes and click on the link below to share in this joyful moment. Jai Sri Ramakrishna!
Duration: 03:10
The original audio recordings of these posts were made by close Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa and Swami Shivapadananda devotee, Mother Radha. The audio editing and noise reduction of the original 1970s-onwards tapes, has been lovingly engineered, over many years, by her son and our dear gurubhai, Brother Tim. May Sri Ramakrishna and Swamiji bless them both.
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Context: As always, care should be taken to remember that what Swamiji was saying, may have been very specific to the needs of people with him at the time. Please bear this in mind.
Links to our Guruparampara (spiritual lineage) organisations, which will broaden your knowledge base: Ramakrishna Math and Mission and our alma maters, the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa and the Sri Sarada Devi Ashram in Durban. The Ramakrishna Centre of Johannesburg is also active in Gauteng province in South Africa.
There are various publications [The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna etc.] which you can download at no charge, from the Ramakrishna Centre of SA website page, HERE.