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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Gospel | Chapter 8: Feb 18, 1883 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 76 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."

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The Gospel of Srethamritam, Tapti-vanam, Kaviviraitam, Kallma-shaphaam, Shravanam Shrema-Datatam, Bhigrinanthi bhridhājana.

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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna we are reading on chapter 8 in my book it is page

0:35.8

181 and the date is Sunday February 18th 1883 Sunday if you've got a book you can

0:45.3

Sunday February 18 1883 this is the beginning of the chapter.

0:55.0

And the chapter is titled, the Master's Birthday Celebration at Daksineshwar.

1:02.0

So by that time he was fairly well known in Calcutta and so his devotees would come and observe his birthday as a festival.

1:12.5

Now, of course, it's a huge thing now.

1:14.8

But it already started during his lifetime.

1:18.6

18th February, 1883.

1:22.5

Sri Ramakrishna arrived at Govinda Mukherjee's house at Belgheria, near Calcutta.

1:29.3

Besides Narendra, Ram and other devotees, some of Goinda's neighbors were present.

1:38.3

The master first sang and danced with the devotees.

1:42.3

After the Kirtan, they sat down.

1:46.3

Many saluted the master.

1:48.7

Now and then he would say, bow before God.

1:55.3

It is God alone, he said, who has become all this.

1:59.4

But in certain places, for instance, in a holy man,

2:02.5

there is a greater manifestation than in others. You may say there are wicked men also. That is true.

2:09.7

Even as there are tigers and lions, but one need not hug the tiger god. One should keep away

2:16.3

from him and salute him from a distance take water

2:20.2

for instance some water may be drunk some may be used for worship some for bathing and some only for

2:26.9

washing dishes a neighbor revered sir what are the doctrines of Vedanta, master? The Vedantist says,

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