Talks Excerpt 221. Swamiji says AUM is the essence of all.

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

Devotee: May your blessing always be on us, Swamiji.

Swamiji: It will, it will be, like the Ganges flowing. Whenever you want it, just dip into it.

If I am born in a thief’s house, they will teach me to steal. If I am born in a holy man’s house, they will teach me to pray. If I am born in a good environment, naturally I will grow up to be good.

Sri Ramakrishna taught us that in this yuga [age/epoch/era] a non-scholarly person can reach the state that the Rishis [saints/sages] of yore [ancient times] reached, the state that great saints and sages reached.

Peace and Brahman are synonymous. Truth and Brahman are synonymous – and they lead to peace, physical, subtle and causal.

Think of AUM as infinite, Absolute Satchidananda.

You can say AUM and yet think of your Deity. It is Brahman with form or without form.

If you take a symbol then meditate on the symbol. It is difficult to leave a symbol, suddenly.

AUM is the dearest name of the Divine Self. In God nothing is absent.

Swami Nikhilananda [Author of ‘Sri Ramakrishna the Great Master‘ said, ‘Anyone can meditate, but not without a steadfast mind.’

AUM is the essence of all the Vedas. This is very, very important.

When you set up your Deity [Ishta Devata], if there are two, then the one on your right is the most important – or in the middle you have the highest.

The senses are very, very strong when you are young. This is a very important part in the Shanti Mantra. Therefore, guide them to God.

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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.