23-November-2011 (Wednesday) : Thought for the Day!!!
23-November-2011 (Wednesday)
Thought for the Day!!!
Disciple: Why doesn't my mind get absorbed while doing Japa?
Mother: You will succeed through practice. Don't give up your practice of Japa, even if your mind doesn't become steady. Do your spiritual practice ardently. Repeating His name will make your mind steadfast like the flame of a lamp protected from wind. Wind makes a flame unsteady. Similarly, desires prevent the mind from becoming concentrated. Besides, if the Mantra is not pronounced correctly, it takes more time for one to achieve any result. A woman had 'Rukmini nathaya' as her Mantra. She used to utter 'Ruku', 'Ruku', and on account of this her progress was retarded. But through the Lord's grace she later got her Mantra corrected.
The Gospel of The Holy Mother - Section II (3) - (RECORDED BY Swami Santananda): Page 219
Re: 23-November-2011 (Wednesday) : Thought for the Day!!!
Namaste!
This is our Daily Sri Ramakrishna Quote:
Excerpted from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.146
Wednesday 23/11/11
The Master Said:
"A devotee who possesses sattvic bhakti, meditates on God
in absolute secret, perhaps inside his mosquito net.
Others think he is asleep. Since he is late in getting up,
they think perhaps he has not slept well during the night.
His love for the body goes only as far as appeasing his hunger,
and that only by means of rice and simple greens.
There is no elaborate arrangements about his meals,
no luxury in clothes, and no display of furniture.
Besides, such a devotee never flatters anyone for money."
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