Gospel | Chapter 6: Nov 15 & Nov 19, 1882 | Swami Sarvapriyananda
5/9/20261 hr 2 min
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna | Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda reads and discusses the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna is an English translation of the Bengali spiritual text Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita by Swami Nikhilananda. The text records conversations of Ramakrishna with his disciples, devotees and visitors, recorded by Mahendranath Gupta, who wrote the book under the pseudonym of "M."
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Om tava kathāmṛtam tapta jīvanam kavivīritam kalmaṣāpaham śravaṇa maṅgalam śrīmad ātatam bhūvi gṛṇanti ye bhūridhā janāḥ. So The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, we are on page one hundred and fifty-six in my book, and the date is Thursday, November 16th, 1882. Thursday, November 16th, 1882, page one five six. This is a short record of Sri Ramakrishna's visit to the, um, Brahma Samaj. The Master had come to Calcutta. In the evening, he went to the house of Rajmohan, a member of the Brahma Samaj, where Narendra and some of his young friends used to meet and worship according to the Brahma ceremonies. Sri Ramakrishna wanted to see their worship. He was accompanied by M and a few other devotees. The Master was very happy to see Narendra and expressed a desire to watch the young men at their worship. Narendra sang, and then the worship began. One of the young men conducted it. He prayed, "O Lord, may we give up everything and be absorbed in Thee." Possibly the youth was inspired