Your God is my God
[2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa]
[now a Centre of the international Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission]
DAILY READINGS
Selected from Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji.
Day 879
Swamiji continues talking on Sri Ramakrishna
This is the greatness of Hinduism [the Sanatana Dharma], it never condemns any religion. It says that if my Father [God] is my father, then your Father [God] is your father. If my Mother [God]is my mother then your Mother [God] must be your mother. If my Mother [God] gives me love, then your Mother [God] must also give you love.
Thus you find that this Ramakrishna, in this Age [yuga], is worshipped by different people, under different names. Some worship Him as God, others worship him as a saint, some even say that he is not a saint but he is a good man. No matter under which name you worship him, no matter how you look at him, it does not matter, so long as you become a good man, provided you become a good being.
One day an atheist came to him and said, 'Look, you say you make a Christian a better Christian, a Muslim a better Muslim, a Hindu a better Hindu, but I do not believe in God. What will you make me?' What do you think Ramakrishna said? Can you guess? He asked him, 'What are you then?' The man replied, 'Well I am a human being.' Master said, 'Well I make a human being a better human being; neither a Christian nor a Muslim, but a better human being.' Thus you see he taught many truths like this.
Master [Sri Ramakrishna] said, "During the day you don't see any stars, do you? But we know there are stars, only, when the light of the sun comes, the stars fade their light into the great light."
Similarly he says, 'O man, in the days of your ignorance, when your heart is impaired, do not say there is no God. God is always there. Make your heart pure and you will see God.' This was one of his parables.
1) Care should be taken by the reader to understand and take Swamiji's words in these postings, in context. Every teaching or instruction that he gave was specific to the people who were with Swamiji at the time.
2) Mouse-over the words highlighted in red in the posting for further explanation or links.
There are currently available, over 100 different CDs or DVDs with mp3 files, of Swamiji speaking. Please email timhoare@webmail.co.za to order.
Click HERE for the second website on Swamiji's life and teachings.
For more about the Holy Trinity, and also the founding Swamis of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, please mouse over their names below:
Sri Ramakrishna Sri Sarada Devi Swami Vivekananda
Swami Nischalananda < /span>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