Real and Supreme Renunciation

 

Milk and Water

 

Spiritual Pandits Opinions

During three important periods of Master’s sadhana, three eminent spiritual pandits who were well versed in scriptures came to him, observed his spiritual condition, and had the opportunity to discuss their impressions. 

Pandit Padmalochan met the Master when he had become perfected in the Tantra sadhana; Pandit Vaishnavacharan met him when he had attained success in the Vaishnava Tantra; and Pandit Gauri was blessed to see the Master endowed with divine splendour at the completion of all his sadhanas. 

When Padmalochan saw the Master, he said, “I see God’s presence and divine power in you.” Vaishnavacharan, in ecstasy, composed a hymn to the Master in Sanskrit and sang it to him, declaring him to be an avatar. When Gauri met the Master, he concluded: “I see that everything that I have read in the scriptures concerning high spiritual states is manifest in you. In addition, I see other exalted states that are not recorded in the scriptures. You have reached a spiritual plane that surpasses anything described in the Vedas, Vedanta, or other scriptures. You are not human. Ishwara, the source of all avatars, dwells in you.” 

When we study the Master’s unique life and his wonderful spiritual experiences, we clearly understand that these spiritual pandits did not make their remarks out of mere flattery. 

             - Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play, P362

Victory to Durga

 The Master sang:

           I have surrendered my soul at the fearless feet of the Mother; 

              Am I afraid of Death any more? 

              Unto the tuft of hair on my head 

              Is tied the almighty mantra, Mother Kāli's name. 

               My body I have sold in the market-place of the world  

               And with it have bought Sri Durga's name. 

               Deep within my heart I have planted the name of Kāli,  

                The Wish-fulfilling Tree of heaven; 

                 When Yama, King of Death, appears, 

                 To him I shall open my heart and show it growing there.   

                 I have cast out from me my six unflagging foes [six passions];

                   Ready am I to sail life's sea, 

                    Crying, "To Durga, victory!" 

- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 302 (10 October 1883)

     

Surrender to the Divine Mother

Who can ever know God? I don't even try. I only call on Him as Mother. Let Mother do whatever She likes. I shall know Her if it is Her will; but I shall be happy to remain ignorant if She wills otherwise. 

My nature is that of a kitten. It only cries, 'Mew, mew!' The rest it leaves to its mother. The mother cat puts the kitten sometimes in the kitchen and sometimes on the master's bed. The young child wants only his mother. He doesn't know how wealthy his mother is, and he doesn't even want to know. He knows only, 'I have a mother; why should I worry?' Even the child of the maidservant knows that he has a mother. If he quarrels with the son of the master, he says: 'I shall tell my mother. I have a mother.' My attitude, too, is that of a child. 

- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 299

                      (26 September 1883) 

Avatara’s Grace

 

Knowledge and Ignorance