Ome Asatoma, Sadgamaya,

Tamasoma, Jodirgamaya,

Mridurma amritamgamaa,

Oam shanty, shanty, shanty, shanty.

Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real,

lead us from darkness unto light,

lead us from death to immortality.

Ome, peace, peace, peace. Good morning. Today, the subject this morning is,

you must have seen the non-dual self. And yes, we are going to speak about non-duality, and I can see people going again.

But that's the one subject that we have, the highest teaching. Thank you. Thank you. Sri Ramakrishna in his little room in the Kali temple of Dakshneeshwar.

Now, we know that he used to keep this little book

which he would not allow anybody to read,

except Narendranath, Swami Vivekananda.

Now that's a little bit annoying. Why just Narendra Nath? Why not us?

So since we know about it, I was thinking today let's just sneak into his room. He's out there.

Ramakrishna is not in his room. He's out there somewhere in the temple, maybe in ecstasy.

Let's just sort of sneak into his room and take out that little book and see what

all the fuss is all about. Why won't he allow us to read that book? And let's see what's there

in that little book. I invite you to come with me. Let's sneak into his room. And as we go there,

I know where he keeps his book. So he thinks it's a big secret, but the world knows about it.

Not that it is directly relevant, but it's interesting that, come in, come in, come in.

Don't hesitate there. Not that it's directly relevant, but I heard this story from a very senior monk.

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