Swami Shivapadananda on knowing who you are

SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

Taken from Mother Radha’s
notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.

Day 274

Chant His [God’s] name with love. Remember God with love. Meditate with
love. We need faith, devotion and love of God.

Think about: What are you? Where did you come from? Where are you going?
What is God? How is God attained? You will get the greatest happiness from a
disciplined life, a life of working, eating and resting.

Do not let my words go in vain, I beg you from the bottom of my heart.
Control the mind and get the strength to carry on. When there is inner peace
and outer calm, then all dealings are free from anxiety.

You, the Self, are more important than the Swami.

The rogue [ego] is hiding within you. Light the lamp within and see.
Discover the treasure within. See how and why you are as you are. Correct
yourself and not others. If it hurts, good. Smash the ego. If you feel proud,
offer it at His feet.

Devotee: Please will you give us your blessings on this work? Swamiji:
Yes. But it was gossip that spoiled it before. If you must find fault, find it
in yourself. It is only ignorance seeing faults in others. It is because you do
not know the Truth. We can never judge our own progress because we feel the
same. It’s like if you tell a child: ‘Oh, you have grown.’ And the child says,
‘Oh no, I am just the same.’ So growth is within us and we can be making great
progress.

Rajas or passion makes you thirsty for pleasure and possessions. It
binds you to hunger for action. Rajas enslaves the doer by greed, heat of
action, eager enterprise, restlessness and desire. Pain [suffering] is its fruit.

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.

Besides these daily readings Mother Radha recorded many hours of our beloved Swamiji speaking.

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Reference websites: Ramakrishna Math & Mission, Ramakrishna Centre of Southern Africa, Sri Ramakrishna Dham