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.
Let God shine alone in His glory.Too often we let the ego shine above Him the last conisderation. We seek matter first and spirit afterwards. Reverse the process.
Egotism is an imitation-God;Paramatman is the real God. The difference is like that of an imitation-mango and a real mango.Take a real mango and you will find it full of juice and good to eat,but bite a clay mango and your mouth will be full of mud.
As long as a man vainly thinks that by his self-exertion alone he will be able to do anything and everything,so long he will not be willing to obey a superior power.He will find out little or nothing.Only when he fails…he will care to hear God.
Do your duty;never grow anxious and do not think of the future.Whenever anxiety arises in you,you become an atheist;you do not believe in God and that He cares for you.If you have realfaith,you can never grow anxious.
Few of us believe in God all the time.As long as we have two or three rupees in the pocket, we think we can depend on ourselves. Onlywhen the last anna is gone and we do not know where to get another do we begin to trust in God.
