Swami Shivapadananda on Ramakrishna’s incarnation
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
Selected from Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji.
Day 469
When God incarnates, when God comes to this Earth, He brings his chosen ones through whom He does His own work. The main thing is to accomplish the work.
Sri Ramakrishna once described how in a vision he saw himself as a small child, going upwards. He found that that indivisible Satchitananda had become that child. He went higher and higher, going through many stages and there he found seven [sapta] Rishis seated. He looked at one of the Rishis and went to play on his lap and asked him to come down to Earth [as an Incarnation – Avatar]. The Rishi however was reluctant to come down. When this small child asked the Rishi once more to come down, the Rishi looked at the child, nodded and came down. I want you to imagine this at the back of your mind. How can an adult refuse a baby's guileless, innocent request? Later on Sri Ramakrishna said that the little child was himself and the Rishi was
Swami Vivekananda. [pictured]
Swami Vivekananda was rightly born in a lawyer's house. His father fought many cases and like attracts like, talking attracts talking, explanation attracts explanation. His father, Vishvanath [Datta], explained the laws of this world to his son; and Swami Vivekananda himself was later to know the laws of the Universe? Does not the seed grow in the soil that is conducive to its growth? I am sure that as a lawyer the father must have explained the law and many other things to him. Swami Vivekananda always liked to enquire into the truth of the matter, just as lawyers like to enquire into the truth of the evidence. A lot of lawyers enquire only into a portion of the evidence but make it appear true. In this case it was just the opposite. Whatever Vishvanath did he enquired into the whole truth of the matter and Swami Vivekananda learned this characteristic from him.
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Reference websites: Ramakrishna Math & Mission, Ramakrishna Centre of Southern Africa, Sri Ramakrishna Dham