Gurudev Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Sins are like a mountain of cotton. Even as a tiny spark of
fire reduces to ashes mountain-high cotton, so does a little of divine grace
[reduce to nothing] heaps of sins. Don't be afraid. Call upon the Lord and
repeat his sacred and potent name; nothing else will be needed.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare
Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Nama Article 22nd November 2017
Source: The Vision
SURRENDER TO GOD - Excerpt From Gospel Of Sri Ramakrishna
Surrender everything at the feet of God. What else can you do? Give Him the power of attorney. Let Him do whatever He thinks best. If you rely on a great man, he will never injure you. It is no doubt necessary to practise spiritual discipline; but there are two kinds of aspirants. The nature of the one kind is like that of the young monkey, and the nature of the other kind is like that of the kitten. The young monkey, with great exertion, somehow clings to its mother. Likewise, there are some aspirants who think that in order to realize God they must repeat His name a certain number of times, meditate on Him for a certain period, and practise a certain amount of austerity. An aspirant of this kind makes his own efforts to catch hold of God.
But the kitten, of itself, cannot cling to its mother. It lies on the ground and cries, 'Mew, mew!' It leaves everything to its mother. The mother cat sometimes puts it on a bed, sometimes on the roof behind a pile of wood. She carries the kitten in her mouth hither and thither. The kitten doesn't know how to cling to the mother. Likewise, there are some aspirants who cannot practise spiritual discipline by calculating Japa or the period of meditation. All that they do is cry to God with yearning hearts. God hears their cry and cannot keep Himself away. He reveals Himself to them.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
MASTER (to Rakhal's father and the devotees): "Ah, what a nice character Rakhal has developed! Look at his face and every now and then you will notice his lips moving. Inwardly he repeats the name of God, and so his lips move."
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Only due to merits earned in crores of births does Bhagavan Năma come on our tongue
God's name on one's lips is itself salvation, disregard (of the name) know to be perdition.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Sri Ramakrishna stressing on the importance of the point, wherever Nama Sankirtanam is done that place is purified
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
MASTER: "…….But I suggested the Panchavati because so much contemplation and meditation have been practised there and the name of God has been chanted there so often."
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
'Nobody sings the name of God there. It has no holy atmosphere.'
The service that God has entrusted upon your shoulders is to lend them to me!
A good family is a family which chants Nama regularly
That is verily their 'Kula Mantra'.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Duties and ceremonial devotions
MASTER: "How long should a man perform his duties? As long as he has not attained God. Duties drop away after the realization of God. Then one goes beyond good and evil. The flower drops off as soon as the fruit appears. The flower serves the purpose of begetting the fruit.
"How long should a devotee perform daily devotions such as the sandhya? As long as his hair does not stand on end and his eyes do not shed tears at the name of God. These things indicate that the devotee has realized God. From these one knows that he has attained pure love of God. Realizing God one goes beyond virtue and vice."
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
MASTER: "While conscious of the outer world, Chaitanya sang the name of God; while in the state of partial consciousness, he danced with the devotees; and while in the inmost state of consciousness, he remained absorbed in samadhi."
M. (to himself): "Is the Master hinting at the different states of his own mind? There is much similarity between Chaitanya and the Master."
MASTER: "Chaitanya was Divine Love incarnate. He came down to earth to teach people how to love God. One achieves everything when one loves God. There is no need of hathayoga."
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
"Even now the slightest thing awakens God-Consciousness in me. Rakhal used to repeat the name of God half aloud. At such times I couldn't control myself. It would rouse my spiritual consciousness and overwhelm me."
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
MASTER : "I said to Keshab: 'Chant the name of Hari. In the Kaliyuga one should sing the name and glories of God.' After that they began to sing the name of God with drums and cymbals.
"Do you know how my faith in the name of Hari was all the more strengthened? Holy men, as you know, frequently visit the temple garden. Once a sadhu from Multan arrived. He was waiting for a party going to Gangasagar. (Pointing to M.) The sadhu was of his age. It was he who said to me, 'The way to realize God in the Kaliyuga is the path of bhakti as prescribed by Narada.'
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
"Have faith in the name of God. Then you won't need even to go to holy places."
Sri Ramakrishna sang, intoxicated with divine fervour:
Why should I go to Ganga or Gaya, to Kasi, Kanchi, or Prabhas,
So long as I can breathe my last with Kali's name upon my lips?
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Addressing the doctor, the Master said: "Give up this false modesty. Why should you feel shy about singing the name of God? The proverb says very truly: 'One cannot realize God if one is a victim of shame, hatred, or fear.' Give up such foolish notions as: 'I am such a great man! Shall I dance crying the name of God? What will other great men think of me on hearing of this? They may say that the doctor, poor fellow, has been dancing uttering the name of Hari, and thus pity me.' Give up all these foolish notions."
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
MASTER to actors: "….. What more shall I tell you? Keep your mind on God. Don't forget Him. God will certainly reveal Himself to you if you pray to Him with sincerity. Another thing. Sing the name of God at the end of each performance. Then the actors, the singers, and the audience will go home with the thought of God in their minds."
The actors saluted the Master and took their leave.
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Start the day with Nama, fill the day with Nama, end the day with Nama!
Let us start all our work by chanting Shri Ram. Let us always stick to the good behaviour.
Hence on daily basis we can try whether we can think only about God 's name before we go for a sleep
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Dr. Sreenath had a copy of the Gita in his hand.
DR. SREENATH (to his friends): "Everything is under the control of Prakriti. Nobody can escape the fruit of past action. This is called prarabdha."
MASTER: "Why, if one chants the name of God, meditates on Him, and takes refuge in Him-"
DR. SREENATH: "But, sir, how can one escape prarabdha, the effect of action performed in previous births?"
MASTER: "No doubt a man experiences a little of the effect; but much of it is cancelled by the power of God's name. A man was born blind of an eye. This was his punishment for a certain misdeed he had committed in his past birth, and the punishment was to remain with him for six more births. Be, however, took a bath in the Ganges, which gives one liberation. This meritorious action could not cure his blindness, but it saved him from his future births."
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Duties of householders
MASTER: "For you, as Chaitanya said, the disciplines to be practised are kindness to living beings, service to the devotees, and chanting the name of God.
(To Surendra) "Why do I say all this to you? You work in a merchant's office. I say this to you because you have many duties to perform there.
"You tell lies at the office. Then why do I eat the food you offer me? Because you give your money in charity; you give away more than you earn. 'The seed of the melon is bigger than the fruit', as the saying goes.
"I cannot eat anything offered by miserly people. Their wealth is squandered in these ways: first, litigation; second, thieves and robbers; third, physicians; fourth, their wicked children's extravagance. It is like that.
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Every individual should attain the Self and thus bring about the welfare of humanity
Working for the world makes your life happy; Working for GOD makes your life blissful
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
GIRISH: "Please bless me, sir."
MASTER: "Have faith in the Divine Mother and you will attain every thing."
GIRISH: "But I am a sinner."
MASTER: "The wretch who constantly harps on sin becomes a sinner."
GIRISH: "Sir, the very ground where I used to sit would become unholy."
MASTER: "How can you say that? Suppose a light is brought into a room that has been
dark a thousand years; does it illumine the room little by little, or all in a flash?"
GIRISH: "Then you have blessed me."
MASTER: "If you sincerely believe it. What more shall I say? I eat and drink and chant the name of God."
GIRISH: "I have no sincerity. Please give it to me."
MASTER: "I? Sages like Narada and Sukadeva could have done that."
GIRISH: "I don't see Narada and Sukadeva . 'But you are here before me."
MASTER (smiling): "All right. You have faith."
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Once you acquire faith, your work is done. There is nothing higher than faith
If we call out His Name with complete faith, Krishna will certainly appear before us.
Faith is more powerful than knowledge
Vibhishana who held faith He was Rama! Ravana who did not He was Yama!
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
