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Sri Ramakrishna often used to tell how our samskaras deeply influence our life and thus it is extremely difficult to get rid of samskaras.  To illustrate this idea, he used to narrate the following anecdote. Once there lived a very… Continue Reading →

Once Narada became puffed up with pride that he was the greatest devotee of Lord Vishnu.  The Lord who dwells in the hearts of men immediately realized this and asked Narada to go to a certain place and meet a… Continue Reading →

Sri Ramakrishna used to say that God forgives all the faults and shortcomings of man, but not egotism.  People who are egoistic have to suffer repeatedly and receive several blows till they give up their egoistic ways of behaviour and… Continue Reading →

Sri Ramakrishna often used to tell the devotees that the real purpose of studying scriptures is not erudition or scholarship, but to understand the essence or true import of them.  Quite often people attempt to read a vast quantity of… Continue Reading →

Sri Ramakrishna used to warn spiritual seekers that one has to be extremely focused to realize God.  He would say that seekers can easily get distracted by phenomenon such as occult powers. Once there was a Sadhu who was a… Continue Reading →

Sri Ramakrishna had a unique way of conveying spiritual truths to earnest seekers.  He would warn them again and again that the root of all the troubles which people face is an attitude of worldliness.  To drive home the point… Continue Reading →

Sri Ramakrishna used to say that it is not possible for ordinary mortals to comprehend the one, indivisible Satchidananda.  He used to say that only 12 Rishis could recognize Sri Rama as the incarnation of God.  To illustrate this point… Continue Reading →

Sri Ramakrishna used to say that the rules for a monk are extremely hard and that he cannot have the least contact with lust and lucre (the terminologies used by Sri Ramakrishna were “women” and “gold”).  He further said that… Continue Reading →

It is not easy to attain true humility.  A man went to a Sadhu and with a great show of humility said, “Sir, I am a very low person. Tell me O master, how am I to be saved.”  The… Continue Reading →

Once a man happened to pass through a forest area and he saw a small creature on the trunk of a tree.  When he returned to the city, he told his friend that he had seen a beautiful creature of… Continue Reading →