Swami Turiyananda: "Man's mind generally works in the three lowest planes: it travels up and down amongst those three only-food, sleep and sexual pleasure. It does not generally like to rise above …
Advice to Monks – Swami Premananda
The day before, the birthday of Shri Rama-krishna, twelve of the novices had been initiated into Sannyasa. Today they begged a ruppe of a lay devotee, hired a boat and went to the Dakshineswar temple. …
Elephants Teeth – Swami Premananda
It was the annual general meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission. When the agenda of the meeting had been gone through, the Swami thus spoke to all present: "Elephants have two sets of teeth, one …
What is the Goal of Life?
Devotee: What is the goal of life ? Work or God realisation ? Shri Ramakrishna :- Work is only the first step. It can never be the goal of life. Devote yourself to spiritual practice and go …
Why Sraddha Food is Harmful to Spiritual Life?
Disciple: "The Master used to say that Srâddha food (offered at the last funeral rite) is harmful to Bhakti. Why is it so ?" Swami Saradananda: "The object of food is to build a strong body and a …
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“Go and Spread The Lord’s Name”
In order to facilitate the Master’s cancer treatment, he was moved from Dakshineswar to Shyampukur in Calcutta and then to Cossipore. The Holy Mother moved to Calcutta to serve the Master. Later …