Truthfulness and why you’re born where you’re born
[2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa]
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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One thing stands out in the life of Sri Ramakrishna's father [Khudiram Chattopaydhyaya]: truthfulness. Because of truthfulness all his wealth was lost. He was a man who stuck to truth. He was a person who, therefore, would not tell lies about his visions. We can infer from these facts that he must have been telling the truth about Master's [Sri Ramakrishna's] conception because he stood by truth for all those years before Master was born. In him the quality of truth was prevalent.
There was the incident when they asked Master's father to lie before the magistrate in court. He wouldn't do it.
This the public needs to hear about. Stress must really be made on this particular topic. Bearing these facts in mind Master's life will have a different meaning altogether. When one reads Sri Ramakrishna's life one could possibly start thinking, 'Is this true? Is that true?' But straight away a divine quality is attributed to him when one speaks about his father's quality from the beginning.
One fact you must get across clearly to the devotees and the public is that the soul is attracted to where its desires are, to where its work has to be fulfilled. Now Sri Ramakrishna was essentially a teacher of universality, and Swami Vivekananda was that soul, according to Sri Ramakrishna, who came to help him. If you read about Swami Vivekananda's family you will see that universality of religion was already there. The trait was already there when Swami Vivekananda took birth.
The soul is attracted to a particular place where it is conducive for it to work out its karma [purpose, destiny, chosen path] , work out its future.
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Sri Ramakrishna Sri Sarada Devi Swami Vivekananda
Swami Nischalananda Swami Shivapadananda
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - read online
Reference websites – please mouse over the name and click to connect:
Ramakrishna Math and Mission Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa Ramakrishna Dham