Mind and vibrations
[2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa]
[now a Centre of the international Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission]
DAILY READINGS
Selected from Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji.
Day 873
At one time there was an upright but poor man. He never did anything wrong, and he was feeling very good about it. One day a rich businessman happened to meet him and asked him to come home with him. This is true, it is not just a story.
He sat down in the lounge while the businessman went into the rest of his house. The poor man looking around saw a beautiful golden container. He took it, hid it, and quickly walked out of the house. He went some way and then suddenly thought to himself, 'Why did I do this? I have no need of this. Why did I take the golden thing?' So he went back and asked the businessman for forgiveness and said, 'Look, I am sorry I took it.' The man said, 'No, no, take it anyway.' But the poor man said, 'No, no, please keep it.'
He left it there and as he went away he met a saintly man. He told the saint what had happened. Do you know what the saint told him? He said, 'When you went to his house that man's impressions [vasanas and vibrations] got hold of your mind. So you did exactly what that rich man does in his daily life.'
1) Care should be taken by the reader to understand and take Swamiji's words in these postings, in context. Every teaching or instruction that he gave was specific to the people who were with Swamiji at the time.
2) Mouse-over the words highlighted in red in the posting for further explanation or links.
There are currently available, over 100 different CDs or DVDs with mp3 files, of Swamiji speaking. Please email timhoare@webmail.co.za to order.
Click HERE for the second website on Swamiji's life and teachings.
For more about the Holy Trinity, and also the founding Swamis of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, please mouse over their names below:
Sri Ramakrishna Sri Sarada Devi Swami Vivekananda
Swami Nischalananda Swami Shivapadananda
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - read online
Reference websites – please mouse over the name and click to connect:
Ramakrishna Math and Mission Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa Ramakrishna Dham