Swamiji says choose the ‘not-so-easy’ path. Talks Excerpt 203.
From Mother Radha’s notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.
May the new year come with happy tidings – on health and wealth, prosperity and enlightenment. May the Ramakrishna Centre be in the Light of God and not be in darkness. May your faith in God increase. May you become the helpmates of God – to serve Him in thought, word and deed. Help whomsoever you can.
Get up before sunrise. Do more sadhana [spiritual practise]. Get up earlier. Increase your sadhana but do not rush it.
Don’t worry. Be happy. You can only not worry when you surrender to God. Only then do you get happiness.
This ‘don’t care’ attitude does not get you anywhere.
I do not know whether I am good or not – but I try to do good. Man is good; but only when he does good is it seen.
Guru [the spiritual preceptor] disciplines the chela (disciple) as part of himself.
God has as many forms as there are minds in this world – and one form is death – see Bhagavad Gita 10.34.
We are so used to choosing the pleasant and not the good or the unpleasant. We must go above the pairs of opposites and we need a very important instrument to do that – detachment.
Grace is not cheap. That it comes to all is amazing. What is the qualification for grace? One requirement is your speech must be sweet and truthful.
How many of you practise one of Gurudev’s [Swami Nischalananda Puri’s] Spiritual Precepts? There is no realisation without these qualities. Take constancy for example. Women must practise this, and the men too must be softer and more tender.
Sri Ramakrishna, the Cosmic Mother, reveals Brahman – that means the tender qualities of the Mother. And this leads to brotherhood, not to arrogance and pride, because there is no tenderness or grace in them.
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These recordings or the excerpts from them, were made from the early 1970s onward, by Mother Radha, a close devotee of Swamiji’s and edited for uploading here by our gurubhai and her son, Brother Tim. Please be mindful that what Swamiji was saying may have been specific to an individual or a group of people with him, at the time.