Devout Hindus have firm faith that whoever dies at Kashi (Varanasi) gets released from bondage of worldly life. The popular scripture Kashi – Khanda proclaims, “One who dies at Varanasi gets liberated without any special effort.” Sri Ramakrishna Himself endorsed this view, as is evident from one incident. Master Himself narrated: [...]
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LIBERATION IN VARANASI
Posted in 1, tagged bondage, dies, faith, hindus, Kashi, liberated, Master on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SWEET SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted in 1, tagged ecstasy, Mahesh Chandra, music, Sri Ramakrishna, Varanasi, vina on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Sri Ramakrishna went on pilgrimage to Vrindavan, He expressed a desire to listen to the music of the vina, a stringed instrument, but no expert vina player could be found there. That desire again arose when he went to Varanasi. On enquiry, a virtuoso player on the vina, Mahesh Chandra Sarkar, [...]
HOLY CITY _ VARANASI
Posted in 1 on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Ramakrishna was a connoisseur of things spiritual and could correctly assess the spiritual status of a holy place. The idea that Varanasi is unique was so deeply ingrained in his psyche, that it was found later in his conversations the mention of Varanasi and its different facets. Varanasi according to Mark Twain [...]
SRI RAMAKRISHNA ON PILGIMAGE
Posted in 1, tagged God, holy, pilgrimage, Srr Ramakrishna, temple on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Ramakrishna said: “When a worldly man goes to holy places, he doesn’t have any time to think of God. He almost kills himself carrying bundles for his wife. On entering the temple, he is very eager to give his child the holy water to drink, but has no time for his [...]
Sri Ramakrishna
Posted in 1, tagged Hriday, luminous, Panchavati, spiritual sight, Thakur on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Late one night, Hriday saw Sri Ramakrishna walking towards the Panchavati. Thinking that his uncle may need His waterpot and towel, Hriday took the items and followed Thakur. As he did so his spiritual sight opened. He saw the figure of Sri Ramakrishna become luminous as it walked ahead of Him. [...]
SPIRITUAL AFFECTION
Posted in 1, tagged drama, girish, revere, Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Brahmananda on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tara (woman who worked with Girish Chandra Gosh on stage performing drama etc.) recalls her visit to Maharaj : Swami Brahmananda, the Spiritual son of Sri Ramakrishna, was revered and respected by all. With what undeserved care and affection he made me his own! I never saw my father, he died before [...]
CONFIDENCE
Posted in 1, tagged debating, experience, Gospel, Sri Ramakrishna on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was debating with myself whether I should send this mail about my personal experience. Realising, that we are One Big family, then why not? Daily we are blessed with the Presence OF A WONDERFUL Swamijee as we have classes on the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. However one weekend on Sunday, [...]
PEACE
Posted in 1, tagged faith, God, peace, sadhana, sincere love, yearning on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maharaj: Peace and Sincere love of God and true faith come together. At the very start how can one attain peace? First restsleseness must come, yearning and intense pain for NOT having seeing HIM, the greater the thirst the sweeter the water. We must rouse unrest in the heart. When [...]
MEDITATION
Posted in 1, tagged devotees, disciples, sadhana, sleep, Sri Ramakrishna on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Ramakrishna never used to spend the night in sleep, nor would he allow the young devotees who stayed with to sleep long. When others had gone to bed, he would wake up His disciples, give them definite instructions and send them to the Panchavati, or the Mother’s Temple, or to Shiva’s Temple for [...]
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Posted in 1, tagged conflict, doubts, public, show, Spiritual practice on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Master used to say, Spiritual practices should not be done in public for show. If you do them before others, they will be harmful to you. People will mock you, they will offer advice gratis and give you conflicting suggestions, as a result of which various doubts will arise in your mind and [...]
RICH LOVE
Posted in 1, tagged Chaitanya, devotee, Ramananda, sadhu on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Chaitanya sent a man to Ramananda. Ramananda lived a lived a life of luxury, but at the name of the Lord fountain of tears of devotion burst from his eyes. The man did not understand why he wept. They say, if you are not a sadhu, you cannot know a sadhu [...]
