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By SWAMI SHANTATMANANDA 16th Feb 2013 The highest or the ultimate truth according to Vedanta is Advaita, or non-dual reality, which is also variously called as Brahman, Atman, Consciousness, etc. But Brahman or Ultimate Truth is so mighty, vast and… Continue Reading →
By SWAMI SHANTATMANANDA 9th Feb 2013 According to Sri Ramakrishna, it is God himself who sports about in the human body. He would say that if God can be worshipped through a clay image, why not through a man. To… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would advise his devotees to be aware of the illusory nature of worldly existence. He used to narrate a beautiful story to illustrate this idea. A guru asked his disciple to give up the world and come with… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna used to emphasise that it was extremely important to experience the spiritual truths before embarking on the mission of instructing others. He would say that the instruction of a man who has not had the vision of God… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often try to impress upon his devotees the supremely unreal or impermanent nature of the world. To illustrate this point he used to narrate incidents from Ramayana. Sri Ramachandra had been exiled for 14 years to live… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often explain to his devotees how difficult it was to understand the ways of God through the limited and small human intellect. He would narrate an incident from the Mahabharata to illustrate this point. As Bhishma lay… Continue Reading →
Once in the month of June a baby lamb was playing with its mother. It was merrily running around and jumping here and there. It told its mother that it intended to make a good feast of Ras flowers (a… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often caution his devotees about the dangers of being rigid in one’s spiritual beliefs. He would ask the devotees whether they knew where those who speak of the formless God make a mistake. He himself would answer… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often talk to his devotees about ishtha nishtha or unwavering devotion to one’s chosen deity or object of worship. He would say that one should have steadfast devotion and worship or serve his chosen ideal under all… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would extol his devotees to go beyond both, knowledge and ignorance and would say that only then can one realize the highest or the Ultimate Truth. He would explain that the things which are normally considered as within… Continue Reading →