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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Gospel | Chapter 1: Feb 1882 (Part 5) | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8681 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

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."


This session was recorded on Mar 23, 2021.


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0:00.0

In the Gospel of Sraimra,

0:05.0

I'm from the Ghivenam Kavivanam Kallma Shavanam,

0:09.0

Sravana Manganalam Shriyman Dāāāāāāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhā. In the Gospel of Sriramakrishna, I'm on page 89.

0:23.6

And so the devotees are gathered around Sri Ramakrishna in his room.

0:32.6

When the meeting broke up, the devotees sauntered in the temple garden, M went in the direction of the Punjabati.

0:41.3

It was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

0:44.3

After a while, he returned to the master's room.

0:47.3

There on the small north veranda, he witnessed an amazing sight.

0:53.3

Sri Ramakrishna was standing still, surrounded by a not veranda. He witnessed an amazing sight.

1:01.3

Sri Ramakrishna was standing still, surrounded by a few devotees, and Narendra was singing.

1:06.7

M had never heard anyone except the master sing so sweetly.

1:14.6

When he looked at Sri Ramakrishna, he was struck with wonder. For the master stood motionless, with his eyes transfixed. He seemed not even to breathe.

1:17.6

A devotee told M that the master was in Samadhi.

1:21.6

M had never before seen or heard of such a thing.

1:25.6

Silent with wonder, he thought, is it possible

1:30.4

for a man to be so oblivious of the outer world in the consciousness of God? How deep his faith

1:38.1

and devotion must be to bring about such a state. Narendra was singing,

1:47.2

meditate, oh, my mind on the Lord Harry,

1:51.3

the stainless one, pure spirit through and through.

1:55.3

How peerless is the light that in him shines.

1:59.0

How soul bewitching is his wondrous form?

2:02.5

How dear is he to all his devotees?

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