Remember Death

Sri Ramakrishna said to the Brahmo devotees: "The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death." Then he sang: 

                   Remember this, O mind! Nobody is your own: 

                   Vain is your wandering in this world. 

                    Trapped in the subtle snare of māyā as you are, 

     Do not forget the Mother's name. . . . 

The Master said to the devotees: "Dive deep. What will you gain by merely floating on the surface? Renounce everything for a few days, retire into solitude, and call on God with all your soul"  

- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 589 (04 October 1884)