Swamiji in essence saying: Less talk, more action on the spiritual path. Talk Excerpt 174.

From Mother Radha’s notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.

It is no good to say, ‘Oh, Christ is so great, Krishna is so great, Ramakrishna is so great’ – what good does it do us until we put their teachings into action? Religion is subjective, so it needs self-discipline.

I can go on telling you, ‘Be good, do good,’ but you must do both. You may do good, but you may be a rogue.

You must be truthful unto yourself. No one can eat or sleep for you, or be truthful for you. These are small things but they are very, very important.

Duties are very, very important. If you neglect them you will not get God-realisation. Whether your duty is sweeping, or sticking on stamps, or washing the lobby [toilet], or answering the phone, it is a duty. Do it with love, do it as worship, so that others feel the love.

The character of a man awakened from deep sleep does not change, as it does in the man who has attained liberation. A donkey goes to a holy place and still comes back a donkey, but a spiritual man goes there and comes back a saint, full of wisdom.

When you are God, you will see that everyone is God.

In a dead man Brahman is still present there, not in the form of life, but as bacteria and germs.

The murti [representational form of a deity] is not only for concentration. It is first for concentration and then it is for the ‘livingness’ of the Deity within you. Therefore you adore God and worship God through the symbol. Besides concentration this gives you a great feeling of livingness.

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