Swami Shivapadananda on Hanuman and Sri Ramakrishna
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
Taken from Mother Radha’s
notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.
Day 242
Reading the Sundarakand [exploits in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana] about Hanuman, brings happiness.
It is very important to take spiritual life seriously. Rely on Hanuman, call on him in thought, word and deed; and do what he
does.
Swami Vivekananda said, “Everyone on the spiritual path must worship
Hanuman first. He is a perfect sannyasi [renunciate], a perfect brahmachari [sense-controlled, God-conscious celibate], a perfect bhakta [devotee]. He is
perfect in every way.” To recite the Hanuman Chalisa – you must be clean in
thought, word and deed. When Hanuman is happy with you everything comes right.
He is the Guru personified – the bodiless Guru. That means he guards you
without a body.
make the mind concentrated. And when you have no thought waves you become
God-realised.
Always know that Sri Ramakrishna is a unique manifestation of God – that
is my experience. No master under the sun was born like him in this Yuga
[era,epoch, age]. There is no peer to Hanuman or to Sri Ramakrishna. If you emphasise
Master’s [Sri Ramakrishna’s] personality you become a fanatic. Emphasise his
Absolute love instead. He gave Absolute love to the Absolute world – we must
give Absolute love to the Absolute world.
You can pray for others if you think your God is living. Ask with faith
and a pure heart, full of love for your Deity. And because thought is a living
force, positive thought must affect the person’s subtle body. In fact you are
praying for their subtle body.
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. There are currently 40 different
CDs available in sets of 10 for R200 per set. This price includes postage. Please
email timhoare@webmail.co.za to
order.
Reference websites: Ramakrishna Math & Mission, Ramakrishna Centre of Southern Africa, Sri Ramakrishna Dham
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