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It’s Not Easy to Attain True Humility
A MAN went to a sadhu and said with a great show of humility: "Sir, I am a very low person. Tell me, O Master, how I am to be saved." The sadhu, reading the heart of the man, told him, "Well, go and …
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‘The Master, Mother, and Swamiji have come’ – Swami Ramakrishnananda
One morning at 9:00 a.m., a couple of days before his passing away, the Swami [Swami Ramakrishnananda] was lying down with closed eyes. His attendant was silently seated nearby. All of a sudden Swami …
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‘It is sufficient for you to keep your mind fixed on me.’ – Sri Ramakrishna
Swami Trigunatitananda was skeptical about the existence of ghosts; he had visited a number of haunted houses and found nothing to substantiate claims of ghostly inhabitants. This aroused in him a …
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Sri Ramakrishna’s birthday celebrations – Swami Shivananda
The public festival of the Master’s birthday celebrations, which was usually attended by thousands, would normally be held on a Sunday. The previous night there was a torrential rain, and water …
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As One Thinks, So One Receives
A MAGICIAN was showing his tricks before a king. Now and then he exclaimed: "Come confusion! Come delusion! O King, give me money! Give me clothes!" Suddenly his tongue turned upward and close to the …