Swami Shivapadananda on avoiding becoming a chotta guru
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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Please do not think that you can go about telling everybody about spiritual things and becoming a chotta guru [little guru] yourself. You will make a blunder of other people's lives because each person needs certain [very specific] adjustments.
When we worship the formless aspect of God, it is still a kind of a form. In the case of God with mouth, nose and so on, He takes the form of a particular Being. But if you meditate on 'feeling,' then He takes the form of a feeling. When your meditation takes the form of the infinite sky it is still a form.
The greatest help in my life was japa [meditative repetition of a mantra or one of God's many names] and thinking as you repeat. If you do this constantly, you become soaked in the Immortal Name.
If your desire is to get God, all else fades into insignificance. Worldly desires are fulfilled by others going there. When you get drowned in the sea of Satchidananda [Existence, Knowledge Bliss Absolute] you become immortal. God's joy is bliss itself. It is not attributes, it is ananda [bliss] itself, it is That. The sun is fire, it does not give fire. In all circumstances God is the source of all joy. Always be in tune with God, by self-surrender.
He is everywhere. He is bliss by nature and nothing else. It is not put on [acted, contrived, artificial, unnatural].
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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.
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Reference websites (please mouse-over the name to connect): Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Ramakrishna Centre of SA, Ramakrishna Centre of Southern Africa, Ramakrishna Dham, Swami Shivapadananda 2