Swami Shivapadananda Puri on the blessing of suffering.
Swamiji giving a beautiful perspective on the blessing of suffering. And how it keeps us close to God.
Swamiji on suffering 25th Nov 14
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Swami Shivapadananda on the power of devotion
Bhakti [devotion] gives us a human relationship with God. It directs our whole being to God. First worship the guru with utter devotion, and then see the guru in everyone. We have to have purity, sincerity and divine devotion, coming from the heart, mind and senses. Krishna says, ‘At all times think only of Me and fight. Without doubt thou shalt [you will] come to Me.’
Talks Excerpt 538. Swamiji says: Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi accepted anyone and everyone as her very own.
Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi accepted anyone and everyone as her very own.
Swami Shivapadananda on living for somebody else
You get great benefit in spiritual life when you live for somebody else. To the extent that you live and serve selflessly, to that extent you forget yourself and therefore you forget your ego.
Mind is a rogue
This temptation on the outside is called maya. Maya [the divine power of illusion/delusion] is attracting you in the form of kaya or body. It is attracting you always. So detect it and quickly shift the emphasis from body-consciousness to Spirit-consciousness.
Talk Excerpt 427. Swamiji says: You can never realise God through your own efforts alone – you must have the grace of God.
You can never realise God through your own efforts alone – you must have the grace of God.
Daily Reading 5. Easter Friday thoughts on spiritual despondency, from April 2007.
Daily Reading 5. Easter Friday thoughts on spiritual despondency, 2007.