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Ramakrishna Daily Sutras ~ November 2019




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These sutras are excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

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100 Quotes Sorted by Topic


27 Quotes on BHAKTI - DEVOTION - LOVE
20 Quotes on the REALIZATION OF BRAHMAN - GOD
19 Quotes on KALI, THE DIVINE MOTHER - MAHASHAKTI
7 Quotes on KNOWLEDGE
6 Quotes on WORK
6 Quotes on SIN
6 Quotes on TRUTH
5 Quotes on PHYSICIANS - MEDICINE
4 Quotes on MAyA (attachment) & DaYA (compassion)

Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.125

Friday 1/11/19

The Master Said:

"When you plunge in the water of the ocean,
you may be attacked by alligators.
But they won't touch you if your body is smeared with Turmeric.
There are no doubt six alligators - lust, anger, avarice,
and so on - within you, in the 'heart's fathomless depths'.
But protect yourself with the turmeric of discrimination
and renunciation, and they won't touch you."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.126

Saturday 2/11/19

The Master Said:

[In answer to the following question:
"What should one do if one's wife says:
'You are neglecting me. I shall commit suicide'?"]

[In a serious tone]"Give up such a wife if she proves
an obstacle in the way of spiritual life. Let her commit
suicide or anything else she likes. The wife that hampers
her husband's spiritual life is an ungodly wife.
But if a man has sincere love for God, then all will come
under his control - the king, wicked persons, and his wife.
Sincere love of God on the husband's part may eventually help
the wife to lead a spiritual life. If the husband is good,
then through the grace of God the wife may also follow his example."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.126

Sunday 3/11/19

The Master Said:

"Yes, there is no hope for a worldly man if he is not sincerely
devoted to God. But he has nothing to fear if he remains
in the world after realizing God. Nor need a man have any fear
whatever of the world if he attains sincere devotion by
practicing spiritual discipline now and then in solitude."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.129

Monday 4/11/19

The Master Said:

"I had to practice each religion for a time - Hinduism, IslAm,
Christianity. Furthermore I followed the paths of the Shaktas,
Vaishnavas, and Vedantists. I realized that there is only
one God toward whom all are traveling; but the paths are different."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.131

Tuesday 5/11/19

The Master Said:

"In my present state of mind [Oct.24, 1882] I can eat a little
fish soup if it has been offered to the Divine Mother beforehand.
I can't eat any meat, even if it is offered to the Divine Mother;
but I taste it with the end of my finger lest She should be angry."

This comment brought forth laughter among the devotees

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.133

Wednesday 6/11/19

The Master Said:

"You should remember that the heart of the devotee
is the abode of God. He dwells, no doubt, in all beings,
but He especially manifests Himself in the heart of the devotee."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.133

Thursday 7/11/19

The Master Said:

"Bhaktas accept all states of conciousness.
They take the waking state to be real also.
They don't think the world to be illusory, like a dream.
They say that the universe is a manifestation of
God's power and glory. God has created all these -
sky, stars, moon, sun, mountains, ocean, men, animals.
They constitute His glory. He is within us, in our hearts.
Again, He is outside. The most advanced devotees say that
He Himself has become all this - the twenty-four cosmic
principles, the universe. and all living beings.
The devotee of God wants to eat sugar, not to become sugar.

This last comment brought forth laughter among the devotees

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.133

Friday 8/11/19

The Master Said:

"Do you know how a lover of God feels? His attitude is:
'O God, Thou art the Master, and I am Thy servant.
Thou art the Mother, and I am Thy child.' Or again:
'Thou art my Father and Mother. Thou art the Whole,
and I am a part.' He doesn't like to say, 'I am Brahman'"

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.134

Saturday 9/11/19

The Master Said:

"Though you reason all your life, unless you are established
in SamAdhi, you cannot go beyond the jurisdiction of Shakti.
Even when you say, 'I am meditating', or 'I am contemplating',
still you are moving in the realm of Shakti, within It's power."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.134

Sunday 10/11/19

The Master Said:

"The Primordial Power is ever at play.
She is creating, preserving, and destroying
in play, as it were.
This Power is called kAli. kAli is verily Brahman,
and Brahman is verily kAli. It is one and the same Reality."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.135

Monday 11/11/19

The Master Said:

"Oh, She plays in different ways. It is She alone who is known
as MahA-kAli, Nitya-kAli, ShmashAna-kAli, RakshA-kAli,
and ShyAmA-kAli. ShyAmA-kAli has a somewhat tender aspect
and is worshipped in the Hindu households.
She is the Dispenser of boons and the Dispeller of fear.
People worship RakshA-kAli, the Protectress,
in times of epidemic, famine, earthquake, drought and flood.
ShmashAna-kAli is the embodiment of the power of destruction."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.136

Tuesday 12/11/19

The Master Said:

"Bondage and liberation are both of Her making.
By Her mAyA worldly people become entangled in 'woman and gold',
and again, through Her grace they attain liberation.
She is called the Saviour, and the Remover of the bondage
that binds one to the world."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.136

Wednesday 13/11/19

The Master Said:

"The Divine Mother is always playful and sportive.
This universe is Her play. She is self-willed and must always
have Her own way. She is full of bliss. She gives freedom
to one out of a hundred thousand."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.137

Thursday 14/11/19

The Master Said:

"I tell you the truth: there is nothing wrong
with your being in the world. But you must direct
your mind toward God; otherwise you will not succeed.
Do your duty with one hand and with the other hold to God.
After the duty is over, you will hold to God with both hands."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.138

Friday 15/11/19

The Master Said:

"Bondage is of the mind, and freedom is also of the mind.
A man is free if he constantly thinks: 'I am a free soul.
How can I be bound, whether I live in the world or in the forest?
I am a child of God, the King of Kings. Who can bind me?"

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.138

Saturday 16/11/19

The Master Said:

"Once someone gave me a book of the Christians.
I asked him to read it to me. It talked of nothing but sin.
The wretch who constantly says, "I am bound, I am bound',
only succeeds in being bound. He who says day and night,
'I am a sinner, I am a sinner' verily becomes a sinner."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.141

Sunday 17/11/19

The Master Said:

"All men look alike, to be sure, but they have different natures.
Some have an excess of sattva, others an excess of rajas,
and still others an excess of tamas. You must have noticed
that the cakes known as puli all look alike.
But their contents are very different.
Some contain condensed milk, some coconut kernel,
and others mere boiled kalAi pulse."

This last comment brought forth laughter among the devotees

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.141

Monday 18/11/19

The Master Said:

"There are three words that prick my flesh: 'guru' 'master',
and 'father'. There is only one Guru, and that is SatchidAnanda.
He alone is the Teacher. My attitude toward God is that
of a child toward it's mother. One can get human gurus
by the million. All want to be teachers.
But who cares to be a disciple?"

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.141

Tuesday 19/11/19

The Master Said:

"God does reveal Himself to man and speak.
Only then may one receive His command.
How forceful the words of such a teacher !
They can move mountains. But mere lectures?
People will listen to them for a few days and then forget them.
They will never act upon mere words."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.142

Wednesday 20/11/19

The Master Said:

"To teach others one must have a badge of authority;
otherwise teaching becomes a mockery.
A man who is himself ignorant starts out to teach others -
like the blind leading the blind ! Instead of doing good,
such teaching does harm. After the realization of God
one obtains an inner vision. Only then can one diagnose
a person's spiritual malady and give instruction."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.142

Thursday 21/11/19

The Master Said:

"People speak of doing good to the world.
Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray,
to do good to the world? First realize God,
see Him by means of spiritual discipline.
If He imparts power, then you can do good to others, otherwise not."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.143

Friday 22/11/19

The Master Said:

"In the kaliyuga it is extremely difficult to perform
the rites enjoined in the scriptures.
Nowadays man's life is centerd on food alone.
He cannot perform many scriptural rites."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.146

Saturday 23/11/19

The Master Said:

"A devotee who possesses sattvic bhakti, meditates on God
in absolute secret, perhaps inside his mosquito net.
Others think he is asleep. Since he is late in getting up,
they think perhaps he has not slept well during the night.
His love for the body goes only as far as appeasing his hunger,
and that only by means of rice and simple greens.
There is no elaborate arrangements about his meals,
no luxury in clothes, and no display of furniture.
Besides, such a devotee never flatters anyone for money."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.147

Sunday 24/11/19

The Master Said:

"An aspirant possessed of rAjasic bhakti puts a tilak
on his forehead and a necklace of holy rudrAksha beads,
interspersed with gold ones, around his neck.
At worship he wears a silk cloth."

This last comment brought forth laughter among the devotees

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.147

Monday 25/11/19

The Master Said:

"A man endowed with tAmasic bhakti has burning faith.
Such a devotee literally exhorts boons from God,
even as a robber falls upon a man and plunders his money."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.148

Tuesday 26/11/19

The Master Said:

"Think of Brahman, Existance - Knowledge - Bliss Absolute,
as a shoreless ocean. Through the cooling influence,
as it were, of the bhakta's love, the water has frozen
at places into blocks of ice. In other words, God now and then
assumes various forms for His lovers and reveals Himself
to them as a Person."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.149

Wednesday 27/11/19

The Master Said:

"All trouble and botheration comes to an end when the 'I' dies.
You may indulge in thousands of reasonings,
but still the 'I' doesn't disappear. For people like you and me,
it is good to have the feeling, 'I am a lover of God.'"

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.150

Thursday 28/11/19

The Master Said:

"God reveals Himself in the form which His devotees loves most.
His love for the devotees knows no bounds.
It is written in the PurAna that God assumed the form of
RAma for His heroic devotee, HanumAn."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.152

Friday 29/11/19

The Master Said:

"Dive deep in the sweetness of God's Bliss.
What need have we of His infinite creation and unlimited glory?"

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.153

Saturday 30/11/19

The Master Said:

[In answer to a question about the reincarnation of the soul]

"Yes, they say that there is something like that.
How can we understand the ways of God
through our small intellects. Many people have spoken
about reincarnation, therefore I cannot disbelieve it."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~


Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.726

Bonus Sutra

The Master Said:

"The mind and intellect become pure the moment
they are free from attachment to 'woman and gold'.
The pure mind and pure intellect are one and the same.
God can be known by the pure mind.
Didn't the sages and seers of olden times see God?
They realized the all-pervading Consciousness
by means of their inner consciousness."

om tat sat

~~~~~~om shanthi om ~~~~~~



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