Talk Excerpt 400. Swamiji speaks about his Guru and the mantra.

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

The mantra should not be automatic [without concentration], mechanical. If the habit of japa grows from within, unfolds from within, it blossoms from within like a lotus. Only then is there intelligent, meaningful living.

Gurudev [Swami Nischalananda Puri – Swamiji’s beloved Guru] said to me, ‘Repeat the mantra’ Later he asked me, ‘How is it going?’ I said, ‘Okay, Swamiji.’ ‘And how is the concentration?’ ‘Okay, Swamiji.’

A few weeks later, Gurudev asked me the same question and I gave the same answer.

One day I looked at the meaning of the mantra and suddenly thought, ‘Ah!’ Next day Gurudev asked me the same question again and I just smiled at him. Gurudev smiled too and turned away. (Silence means that the joy cannot be expressed).

Yoga is when one’s whole life is one. But our life is in bits. One part is yoga and one part is money, business etc.

When you see anger arising try to control it. Then you have control of the senses [indriyas].

God wants your love. He does not want your flowers, your garlands, your prasad. He wants your love. If you give God the cheapest or least, He will give you the same, ten times over.

Never lie to the guru otherwise he will feel he cannot trust you ever again.

When you are really yearning you will go inside, you will stop looking outside.

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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.