Gospel | Chapter 5: Oct 27, 1882 (Part 6) | Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
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🗓️ 31 January 2026
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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."
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| 0:00.0 | So, |
| 0:02.0 | So in this |
| 0:03.0 | So in this class |
| 0:06.0 | Mritam tapta Jivanam |
| 0:08.0 | Khabi Veditam Kalma Shavanam |
| 0:10.0 | Sramanam Shre Maldatatam |
| 0:13.0 | Bhuvigrinanti |
| 0:15.0 | Bhuri Dharijanah |
| 0:17.0 | So in this class |
| 0:19.0 | we are studying the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, which is the English translation of the Bengali Sri Ramakrishna Khadha Khadha. |
| 0:28.8 | We were on a particularly important and long account of Sri Ramakrishna with Keshap Chandrasain and the Brahmho devotees. |
| 0:36.9 | This is 27th October 1882, |
| 0:39.8 | and we were on page 139. So basically Sri Ramakrishna is responding to the question |
| 0:48.7 | that is it possible to realize God without total renunciation? Can you remain in the world? |
| 0:53.8 | You know, you have a job, you have a husband, wife, children, and all the stuff that's going on in |
| 0:59.0 | samsara, and still not only be spiritual, but also realize God, go to the final attainment |
| 1:06.9 | of God realization. |
| 1:08.2 | And Sriramakrishna says, yes, certainly. |
| 1:12.1 | 139, 139 in between. Why shouldn't one be able to realize God in this world? |
| 1:21.0 | King Janaka had such a realization. Ram Prasad described the world as a mere framework of illusion. |
| 1:27.1 | But if one loves God's hallowed feet, |
| 1:30.3 | then, and there is this little poem, this very world is a mansion of mirth. Here I can eat, |
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