Meditation for peace

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(1) Always meditate on Sri Ramakrishna as infinite love and you will in time get over anger. Whenever you are tempted to be provoked think of Him and your anger will disappear.

Try to repeat the Mantra always mentally”all the 24 hours, even in the midst of your work. You may forget to do so but as soon as you remember, begin repeating and you will slowly get into the habit of repeating it always.

(2) Pray to the Master to give you strength to fulfill your duty successfully. He is sure to hear your prayers and make your efforts successful and this would completely change your family environment and make it blissful. There is nothing that cannot be overcome through prayers.

-Swami Vireshwarananda

[Swami Vireshwarananda was was popularly known as 'Prabhu Maharaj'. He was disciple of holy mother Sri Sarada Devi and he was the tenth president of the Ramakrishna Mission]

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MEDITATION TODAY:

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak. 

- Swami Vivekananda.

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శారదామాయి సందేశం

On Mindful Work

After someone finished her sweeping and threw the broom into a corner, Mother said, "How strange, my dear! The work is finished, and you throw it away carelessly. It takes almost the same time to put it away slowly and carefully as to throw it away. Should you despise a thing just because it is insignificant? 'Him that you save, saves you in turn.' Won't you need it again? Besides, this thing too forms a part of our household. From that point of view also it deserves some consideration. You must give each one his due share of honour. Even a broom must be shown some honor. The smallest work must be done with reverence."

"I want people here who are careful in work. There are those who perform great deeds on the spur of the moment. But one can be really known by the attention given to the details of each duty."

(From The Teachings of Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras, 1983.)

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పై సందేశానికి నాదైన వివరణ:

ఆంగ్ల భాష చదవటానికి ఇబ్బంది పడే వారికి , అర్థం చేసుకొనేంత తీరిక లెని వారికోసం తియ్యటి తెలుగులో:

ఒకరోజు శారదా మాయి  ఒక వ్యక్తి ప్రాంగణం అంతా శుభ్రపరచి , చీపురును ఓ మూల కి విసిరివేయడాన్ని గమనించారు.ఆ వ్యక్తి ని పిలచి,

ప్రాంగణమంతా శుభ్రపరచి, ఆ పనికి నీకు సహకరించిన చీపురును ఎంతో నిర్లక్ష్యంగా ఓ మూలకి విసిరావు. దానిని యథాస్థానంలో ఉంచడానికి  నువ్వు పనిచెయ్యడానికి పట్టినంత సమయం కూడా పట్టదు కదా!

నువ్వు ఎవరినైతే కాపాడతావో వారే ఏదో సమయంలో నిన్ను కాపాడతారని గ్రహించు.

వస్తువుకి ప్రాచుర్యం లేదని , విలువ లేదని చిన్న చూపు చూడడం సరిఅవుతుందా?

మనం హీనంగా చూసిన ఎన్నో వస్తువులు మనకి ఎన్నో విధాల సేవలందిస్తున్నాయి

అవి లేకపోతే మన జీవనం గడవదు.

ఈ విషయాన్ని గుర్తుంచుకుని ప్రతి వస్తువుకీ విలువనివ్వడం, గౌరవించటం నేర్చుకుందాం.

 

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a small story…. from uttishta mail

There was a once a man who lived in a forest, it so happened that a tiger stumbled upon his dwelling & seeing the man in panic, went after him. The terrified man started running for his life, there were thorns & stones on the way, but somehow he kept running, right then a flash fire started in the forest, the man had to run through the fire because even his feet burned he knew that stopping would mean definite death. Suddenly the path man was running along reached its end, a cliff edge, the man fell, he was hurtling towards the river below when somehow he managed to break the fall by grabbing the root of a tree, the man looked down & saw a crocodile waiting in the waters below. The tiger meanwhile was also waiting at the edge of the cliff, the man was just holding on to the root for dear life, but the root was being bitten away on either side by a black & a white rat. Above the man was a bee hive from which honey was overflowing & the honey was falling into his mouth, drop by drop. If the man's desperate predicament rings a bell, you should know you r leading a life like his & ur situation is no better.

The crocodile with its mouth open is death, the tiger is life, the black & white rats r night & day. As the rats keep bitting away the roots get closer to being snapped & u get closer to plunging into the river with the deadly crocodile in it, the ocassional drop of honey falling into ur mouth makes u happy & in this happiness u forget death. The honey's sweetness gives u the illusion that everything is fine though it is not, the running is always there, ur legs cannot escape the heat of fire. It is also when u realise u r struck in a web of stupidity that doors of spirituality begin to open, spirituality will then automatically come ur way.

Each individual has his own understanding about life, for some life is all about good food & wine, others see meaning in emotional & material prosperity, yet despite achieving a lot people still find themselves looking for happiness. Life may give them all that they expected, but still they remain dissatisfied. Energy is immortal, it has no begining & it has no end, the decision to be with the perishable material world or immortal world is urs to make.

If ur experience of life is beyond that of the materialistic world, then u have understood spirituality, it is only then that u begin to live .......

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MEDITATION TODAY:

Say ?So?ham, So?ham? whatever comes. Tell yourself this even in eating, walking, suffering. Tell the mind this incessantly? that what we see never existed, that there is only ?I?. Flash?the dream will break! Think day and night, this universe is zero, only God is. Have intense desire to get free.

SaradaMayee

"As wind removes the cloud, so the name of God destroys the cloud of worldliness. " "The purpose of one's life is fulfilled only when one is able to give joy to another." "Forbearance is a great virtue; there is no other like it." "Everyone can break down something, but how many can build it up?" "If you practice spiritual discipline for some time in a solitary place, you will find that your mind has become strong, and then you can live in any place or society without being in the least affected by it. When the plant is tender, it should be hedged around. But when it has grown big, not even cows and goats can injure it. Spiritual practices in a solitary place are essential." "God is one's very own. It is the eternal relationship. He is everyone's own. One realizes him in proportion to the intensity of one's feelings for him." "I tell you one thing—if you want peace, do not find fault with others. Rather see your own faults. Learn to make the world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; the whole world is your own." "I am the mother of the wicked, and I am the mother of the virtuous. Never fear. Whenever you are in distress, just say to yourself, 'I have a mother'".

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words of vivekanda...........

Disciple:- What is civilisation? Swami Vivekananda: - "The more advanced a society or nation is in spirituality, the more is that society or nation civilised. No nation can be said to have become civilised only because it has succeeded in increasing the comforts of material life by bringing into use lots of machinery and things of that sort. The present-day civilization of the West is multiplying day by day only the wants and distresses of men. On the other hand, the ancient Indian civilisation by showing people the way to spiritual advancement, doubtless succeeded, if not in removing once for all, at least in lessening, in a great measure, the material needs of men. In the present age, it is to bring into coalition both these civilisations that Bhagavan Shri Ramakrishna was born. In this age, as on the one hand people have to be intensely practical, so on the other hand they have to acquire deep spiritual knowledge." Swamiji made us clearly understand that day that from such interaction of the Indian civilization with that of the West would dawn on the world a new era. In the course of dilating upon this, he happened to remark in one place, "Well, another thing. People there in the West think that the more a man is religious, the more demure he must be in his outward bearing — no word about anything else from his lips! As the priests in the West would on the one hand be struck with wonder at my liberal religious discourses, they would be as much puzzled on the other hand when they found me, after such discourses, talking frivolities with my friends. Sometimes they would speak out to my face: 'Swami, you are a priest, you should not be joking and laughing in this way like ordinary men. Such levity does not look well in you.' To which I would reply, 'We are children of bliss, why should we look morose and sombre?' But I doubt if they could rightly catch the drift of my words."

thought of the day

Men are taught from childhood that they are weak and sinners. Teach them that they are glorious children of immortality, even those who are the weakest in manifestation. Let positive, strong, helpful thought enter into their brains from the very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralyzing ones. Say to your own minds, "I am He [pure, free, immortal spirit]," "I am He [pure, free, immortal spirit]." - Swami Vivekananda.

It's True.....

Hari Om, You Western folk want action! You cannot yet perceive the poetry of every common little incident in life! What beauty could be greater than that of the story of the young mother coming to Buddha with her dead boy? Or the incident of the goats? You see the Great Renunciation was not new in India! . . . But after Nirvana, look at the poetry! It is a wet night, and he comes to the cowherd's hut and gathers in to the wall under the dripping eaves. The rain is pouring down and the wind rising. Within, the cowherd catches a glimpse of a face through the window and thinks, 'Ha, ha! Yellow garb! stay there! It's good enough for you!' And then he begins to sing. 'My cattle are housed, and the fire burns bright. My wife is safe, and my babes sleep sweet! Therefore ye may rain, if ye will, O clouds, tonight!' And the Buddha answers from without, "My mind is controlled: my senses are all gathered in; my heart firm. Therefore ye may rain, if ye will, O clouds, tonight!' Again the cowherd: 'The fields are reaped, and the hay is fast in the barn. The stream is full, and the roads are firm. Therefore ye may rain, if ye will, O clouds, tonight.' And so it goes on, till at last the cowherd rises, in contrition and wonder, and becomes a disciple. Or what would be more beautiful than the barber's story? "The Blessed One passed by my house, my house--the Barber's! "I ran, but He turned and awaited me, Awaited me--the Barber! "I said, 'May I speak, O Lord, with Thee?' "And He said 'Yes!' 'Yes!' to me--the Barber! "And I said, 'Is Nirvana for such as I?' "And He said 'Yes!' Even for me--the Barber! "And I said, 'May I follow after Thee?' "And He said, 'Oh yes!' Even I --the Barber! "And I said, 'May I stay, O Lord, near Thee?' "And He said, 'Thou mayest!' Even to me--the poor Barber!" (From Complete Works Of Swami Vivekananda)