So,

So, we aredhattamritam taptiivanam,

Kavi-viritham, Kalma-Shavaam, Shravanam

Srimadatatatam, Bhuvigrinanthi,

Bhuridajana.

So we are reading the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.

And we are on 8th April, it's a Sunday, 8th April 1883.

It started this day, the discussion of this day. I had read page 201 in my book and page

202 and 3, but we hadn't discussed everything. So I'll just read out little portions of, they already read this, but I want to comment on it

and of course you can also step in with questions and observations before we read something new.

So I'm reading from page 203.

The devotees, so they're talking. reading from page 203.

The devotee, so they're talking, Srirama Krishna is there and people are visiting him. The devotee is asking, how can I develop love for God?

And the master is saying, repeat his name and sins will disappear. Thus you will destroy

lust, anger and desire for creature comforts and so on. So this is what stops us from moving

Godward. This is what stops us from realizing God. That's lust, anger, the desire for, just desire for a

comfortable life here. They always say that in order to do anything in life, you need to move

beyond your comfort zone. So similarly in spiritual life.

I remember when we were in this college where we used to train monks, young monks,

and I would always offer them this little bit of advice that

wherever you go, in whichever ashram you are in it's always good to be slightly

outside your comfort zone a little bit outside your comfort zone you know maybe the weather is not

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