Ramakrishnananda (13 July 1863 – 21 August 1911) was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Known for his “Gurubhakti” [Service to the Guru], he served the Baranagore Math for 12 years without missing a single day.
Life is a constant fight.You must fight hard with the senses;the result is all in the hands of God.To fight is your duty.Whether you gain or lose depends entirely upon God.
We must not cease to strive for the highest even though it seems unattainable. We must keep God as our ideal and aim;that will pullus on.If he aims at the top of a tree, he may not get above the ground.
Truth is never realized by the weak. Throw away all these false notions that you are tall or short,fair or dark, man or woman.Do you remember while asleep that you are tall or short,man or woman?No;then you are calm,peaceful,and self-existent.That which you relize involuntarily,learn to relize voluntarily.
The weaker a thing,the more it is restless;the stronger it is, the camer and steadire it is. A little plant bends and quivers at the slightest breeze,but the Himalayas remain unmoved in the fiercest storms…Constant restlessness of the mind shows its weakness,its flimsiness.
When a man is physically weak,he takes to cunning;when he is spiritually weak,he takes to mystery.
