Author: Sabina Thorne
Publisher: Advaita Ashram
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 200
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175052945
Description
The words of the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna provide an invaluable source of spiritual guidance, for each disciple had experienced God and knew whereof he spoke. There is power in their words.
Hence, the present volume is intended not to be a book to be read through in one sitting. It is meant rather as a guide to be picked up often and read, a maxim or two at a time, as the occasion demands. Its message is concentrated and potent. The word of God should be head, and then meditated upon. Only when watered by contemplation will the seed of the spirit be encouraged to grow.
Contents
Foreword
1. FUNDAMENTAL TENETS
Religion
Vedanta
Atman
Brahman and Ishvara
Maya
Good and Evil
Happiness and Misery
Pleasure and Pain
Knowledge and Ignorance
Karma: Rebirth, Death, Immortality
Spiritual Evolution
2. EXTERNAL BEHAVIOUR
The guru and Holy Company
Service
General Advice
Food and Personal Habits
Pilgrimages
3. MORAL PRINCIPLES
Morality
Truth
Duty
Forbearance and Compassion
Purity
Continence and self-Control
4. MENTAL ATTITUDES
Discrimination
Non-Attachment
Renunciation
Strength
Ego and Humility
Faith
Devotion
Self-Surrender
Patience and Perseverance
Grace
5. SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
Ritualistic worship
Pranayama
Occult Powers
Prayer
Japam
Meditation
6. REALIZATION
Disciples Quoted and Sources