Gospel | Chapter 2: Apr 9, 1882 (Part 2) | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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🗓️ 16 March 2025

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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 Apr 27, 2021.

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0:00.0	So,
0:04.0	So we are studying the gospel of Sri Ramanam Kavidhya-Khalma-Khāraha-Tam,
0:10.0	Shremanha-Mangalam, Shreya, Bhri-Grinanthii-Bri-Thajanah.
0:16.0	So we are studying the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.
0:21.6	And we were on page 97.
0:31.6	This is Sunday 9th April 1882.
0:40.3	And Sri Ramakrishna had just said that,
0:43.3	somebody asked him, what is the way?
0:45.3	And Sri Ramakrishna had mentioned the company of holy people.
0:49.3	And then the question was, what is the good of holy company?
0:53.3	And Sri Ramakrishna said a number of things.
0:56.4	This is on page 96.
0:57.9	We have read this already.
1:00.3	It begets yearning for God, love of God.
1:03.9	So we know that really what is lacking
1:08.1	is this intense desire for God realization.
1:19.8	Sri Ramakrishna himself has said in Vedant also it has said that this intense desire is the main cause of enlightenment,
1:25.3	is the main resource is what we really need for spirituality.
1:33.3	In Bhakti, it is called Vyakulata, this desperation, this restlessness, a divine discontent. In Vedant, it is called Mumukshutvam, intense desire for spiritual freedom.
1:42.3	But how does that come? The problem there is this.
1:48.0	One can eat if somebody asks us to eat,
1:51.0	when we can eat.
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