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Devotees would often go to Sri Ramakrishna and complain about their sufferings. They would often lament that they are unable to live a spiritual life in the world. Sri Ramakrishna would explain, “Why shouldn’t one be able to lead a… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often extol the power of love and how it could be used as an instrument for Sadhana. He would illustrate the idea using the following story. Once a servant of a rich man came to his master’s… Continue Reading →
Spiritual life is like venturing into a totally unknown area. To find one’s way one should have certain qualities, essentially faith. It is difficult to progress in spiritual life with a doubting mind. Sri Ramakrishna would explain this using a… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna used to explain beautifully to his devotees the nature of Samskaras i.e. how powerful is the inborn tendencies due to the experiences of previous births. To illustrate the point he used to narrate a parable. There lived a… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often warn his disciples about the dangers of imitating the actions of an enlightened person. To illustrate the idea he used to narrate a story concerning the great Sankaracharya. A foolish disciple of the great Sankaracharya used… Continue Reading →
Once Narada, the divine sage, committed some transgression. Then, Vishnu, the Lord of Goloka or heaven, cursed him saying that Narada would be thrown into hell. At this Narada was greatly disturbed and prayed to the Lord singing songs of… Continue Reading →
Quite often people either seriously or even for fun feign about illness, etc. Sri Ramakrishna would draw the attention of devotees to such behavior and warn about the lurking dangers in such practices. To illustrate the point he used to… Continue Reading →
15th of January, 2012 is Swami Vivekananda’s 150th Birthday according to Hindu almanac. On this day let us try to remember and recall his extraordinary contribution for the promotion of religious harmony. He addressed the audience at the Parliament of… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often explain in glowing terms about the power of faith to his devotees. To illustrate the idea he would narrate a Pouranik anecdote. One day Sri Krishna and Arjuna were going in a chariot. Sri Krishna suddenly… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often exhort his visitors to turn their minds away from useless pursuits and strive whole-heartedly for realizing God or the Ultimate Truth. He used to illustrate this idea with a beautiful story. A man built a house… Continue Reading →