Swami Shivapadananda on the universality of Ramakrishna
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
Taken from Mother Radha’s
notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.
Day 248
Do not underestimate Sri Ramakrishna. Not only is he the wish-fulfilling
tree; he is the wish-fulfilling root that gives life to the branches, leaves and
so on. Sri Ramakrishna is the embodiment of all the deities, past, present and
future. Give him what he loves.
An Incarnation [Avatar] of God suffers too. Sri
Ramakrishna had cancer to teach us to become above suffering.
Christ, Rama, Krishna, Allah and so on, all came from Him. He is relattive and Absolute. Swami Yatiswarananda [see footnote] said: “We
must be cosmo-centric and not ego-centric.”
Question: Sri Ramakrishna always speaks about God-realisation and
God-love. Must we pray only for God-love and God-realisation? Swamiji: Yes.
That is what he loves.
Question: What if someone is doing black magic and some spooks are
worrying me? Swamiji: Sri Ramakrishna knows best what worries you. He will take
it away. You just get him to love you.
Footnote: Click on ‘Continue Reading’, below, for more on Swami Yatiswarananda.
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
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