Strengths and weaknesses
[2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa]
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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I ask you to learn. You ask me to read scriptures. Like this our minds will always be higher and higher.
The word 'repent' has to be taken with another word: 'depend'. When you completely depend on God then you can repent.
The question we must ask [ourselves] is: If I am the reincarnation of Sri Ramakrishna then how is that incarnation helping me? Is it transforming my mind to go towards God or is it getting me entangled in powers, money and position?
In the Ramayana Sri Rama was met by Guha and others. Guha asked for bhakti [devotion, divine love], what did the others asked for? Worldly prosperity. They all received what they wanted. Religion is subjective not objective.
When you offer water to God, water stands for purification and life. God has given us life, God has given us purity and God has given us love.
[Last Talk of a Yoga Camp]
I am sure that you have experienced the camp in such a way that these experiences can be a help to your daily lives at home. On the first day I said that this was a camp to test yourselves and to see how strong you are to keep away from the temptations of weaknesses. You must have assessed your own strength by now. This was a camp which entailed discipline, not a camp of fun, frolic and laughter, nor a camp where you let loose your senses and let your mind do whatever it likes. Just as a river has two banks guiding it to the ocean, similarly you had your guiding factors through the program arranged.
I ask you, the sadhakas [spiritual aspirants, practitioners], to re-double your effort to become good people. First you must become good people to become God-people.
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.
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