Ramakrishna Suprabhatam
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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Swamiji continues talking about and translating the Sri Ramakrishna Suprabhatam
In childhood you experienced bhava samadhi on seeing a row of white cranes flying against a background of dark clouds; and (in your boyhood) you had the bliss of communion with Shiva on the Shivaratri night (while playing the role of Shiva).
O Ramakrishna I adore you this holy morning.
You practised spiritual disciplines according to various sects of the Sanatana Hindu Dharma and you have also practised disciplines according to the religions of other countries, like Christianity, and thereby shown the underlying unity of all religions.
O Sri Ramakrishna I adore you this holy morning.
The bee of your mind always sipped honey from the black lotus-feet of the Divine Mother Kali, and you have shown the oneness between Sri Sarada Devi and the Mother of the Universe (the Divine Mother Kali).
O God Sri Ramakrishna I adore you this morning.
[Swamiji commenting] Say it with a sweetness of voice. You are saying it to the most Beloved One.
You trained your apostles Rakhal [later Swami Brahmananda], Tarak [later Swami Shivananada Mahapurush], Hari [later Swami Turiyananda], Narendranath, [later Swami Vivekananda] Shashibhushan [later Swami Ramakrishnananda] and others who were pure souls aspiring for spiritual realisation.
O Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna I adore you this morning.
You were always experiencing the bliss of union with the Self in samadhi and you gave the glimpse of that bliss to those who surrendered at your feet and thus pacified their spiritual thirst.
O Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna I adore you this morning.
[Swamiji commenting] Imagine you are holding his feet and telling him these things: 'I adore you this morning.'
You took on yourself the sins of those who surrendered at your feet, out of compassion – the sins which they committed throughout their lives – and as a result you endured the sufferings that were caused due to those sins.
O Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna I adore you this morning.
Saluting your lotus feet in the morning easily removes the miseries of the world. Knowing this the devotees devotionally take refuge at your feet.
O Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna I adore you in the morning.
People become filled with nectar-like bliss when they sing your hymns and get the darshan of your lotus feet. They thus become blessed by getting together near you.
O Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna I adore you this morning.
You give the bliss of your vision to those who surrender to you, and you remove totally the darkness of ignorance in them. O Sun of Knowledge, O Ocean of Devotion, O Remover of everyone's suffering,
O Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna I adore you this morning.
O Mother, unselfish compassion is in your very nature. Even wicked and hard-hearted persons are seen to worship you. You alone are fit to be the Mother of the whole Universe.
O Saradesvari, O Rame, I adore you this morning.
Vivekananda. You have awakened the Indians who were slumbering deep due to lethargy and idleness, by giving them blows through your powerful speeches; and you made them conscious of their duty towards their nation and towards their own selves. You have inspired them to follow the supreme spirit of religion.
O Viresha, who has brought glory to the Dutta [Swami Vivekananda's pre-monastic] family, I adore you this morning.
One who chants this stotra with devotion after getting up in the morning and remembering Sri Ramakrishna becomes immortal.
[Swamiji says] I say to you that by saying good morning like this, your children can become saints.
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