Sunday, February 15, 2015

If anybody begs. If you do not like to part with what you have


If anybody begs. If you do not like to part with what you have, do not say falsely that you have nothing to give.

Saturday, February 14, 2015

If you make Me the sole object of your thoughts and aims


If you make Me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will attain paramartha, the supreme goal.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Forbearance (Saburi) is a mine of Virtue


Forbearance (Saburi) is a mine of Virtue; the queen of the noble, virtuous thought.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Athithi is whatever creature is hungry

Athithi is whatever creature is hungry and comes to you at the lunch time, whether it is a human being or a bird, beast or insect. All these seek food. The real athithi that you get, you do not regard as such ... At kakabali (offering food to crows) time take plenty of cooked rice outside the house and leave it there. Do not shout or call for any creature nor drive any away. Whatever the creature that comes to eat, let not that disturb your mind. You get thus the merit of feeding lakhs of guests! 

On the same subject Sri Ramakrishna in Gospel http://www.belurmath.org/gospel/

The Master was conversing with Mahimacharan. He asked him: "Isn't feeding people a kind of service to God? God exists in all beings as fire. To feed people is to offer oblations to that Indwelling Spirit. But then one shouldn't feed the wicked, I mean people who are entangled in gross worldliness or who have committed heinous crimes like adultery. Even the ground where such people sit becomes impure to a depth of seven cubits. Once Hriday fed a number of people at his native place. A good many of them were wicked. I said to Hriday: 'Look here. If you feed such people I shall leave your house at once.' (To Mahima) I hear that you used to feed people; but now you don't give any such feasts. Is it because your expenses have gone up?" (Laughter.)

Thursday, February 5, 2015

There is no need to go far to find Me

There is no need to go far to find Me. I am always in you. Forget your name and form. What remains ? That supreme consciousness is Myself. You see Me in yourself and in all beings. He who loves Me thus and meditates on Me surely comes to Me. This is the truth supreme. 

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

If another gets fortune

If another gets fortune or power, we cannot put up with it; we scandalize him. When he meets with a loss, we rejoice. But is this good? 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

When that man attains prosperity

When that man attains prosperity, what loss have we really suffered? But people do not consider this point. 

Monday, February 2, 2015

Sunday, February 1, 2015

If you truly discriminate

If you truly discriminate - then wisdom, knowledge, caring for welfare of others, perseverance - all  these good qualities will arise in you and will keep your company and serve you well.