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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Gospel | Chapter 3: Aug 5, 1882 (Part 4) | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8681 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 75 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 Jun 15, 2021.

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Ome Tavakathamritham, Tapti-Jvanam, Kavididhya, Kallma-Shaaphaha,

0:10.0

Shavanam-Ahthāam Bhuvigrinanttii Bhuridhana. So in the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, we are at an interesting chapter where Sri

0:34.6

Ramakrishna is visiting Biddhashagar,chowchandra Vidhashagur.

0:39.3

And we are in the middle of that chapter.

0:43.3

Page 104.

0:51.3

In the middle of the chapter, Sri Ramakrishna is he is speaking about Vedanta, but now he makes an interesting remark.

0:59.0

He says, just see how picturesque this universe is.

1:06.0

How many things there are, the sun, moon and stars, and how many varieties of living beings,

1:13.6

big and small, good and bad, strong and weak, some endowed with more power, some with less.

1:20.6

Vidyasagar, has he endowed some with more powers and others less, others with less, master.

1:29.3

As the all pervading spirit, he exists in all beings, even in the ant.

1:35.3

But the manifestations of his power are different in different beings.

1:39.3

Otherwise, how can one person put ten to flight while another can't face even one?

1:46.6

And why do all people respect you?

1:49.3

Have you grown a pair of horns?

1:51.5

Laughter.

1:52.8

You have more compassion and learning.

1:55.6

Therefore, people honor you and come to pay you their respects.

1:59.9

Don't you agree with me?

2:01.6

Vidya Sagar smiled.

2:04.6

So just a point here, when he said that look at all this diversity in the universe,

2:14.6

stars and planets, and all the variety of beings, living beings, and among

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