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Daily Reading 18. Swamiji speaks on the stages of meditation.
Daily Reading 18. Swamiji speaks on the stages of meditation.
See your deity only
The idea is that the first one which comes in the Vishnu Sahastranaam, [the thousand names of Vishnu] or Purusha Shukta [in the Rig Veda] that’s where the idea comes from that all these names belong to this One. Why one? This one – my deity.
Talks Excerpt 579. Swamiji praises the compassion and love between Master’s disciples.
Swamiji praises the compassion and love between Master’s disciples.
Swami Shivapadananda on honesty
An example of just how deeply the spirit of truthfulness was ingrained in Sri Ramakrishna’s nature, and how the Divine Mother protected him from the least deviation from truth, was provided by the opium incident.
Swami Shivapadananda on the Guru’s suffering
Look at the tapasya [austerity, self-denial] the guru did. Every time you do wrong, you drive a nail into him. He does not mind, what can he do? He has to carry the burden.
God-realisation
We may think: ‘God-realisation is something kept there; when I go to the swami and prostrate he’ll put his hand on me and I’ll be God-realised.’ Forget it.