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Letter: “We Think We Are the Doers”
Monthly Reading April 8, 2018

Letter: “We Think We Are the Doers”

 Kankhal 10 September 1914   Dear X, . . . I am glad to know that you have learned many new ideas about karma yoga from my previous letter [27
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Monthly Reading March 1, 2018

Timeless Wisdom from a Hasidic Master

Where there is not truth there is no grace. While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your
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Monthly Reading February 25, 2018

You Are Sure to Attain God

Master: “The important thing is somehow to cultivate devotion to God and love for Him. What is the use of knowing many things? It is enough to cultivate love for
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Monthly Reading January 7, 2018

There Is No Other Way

Sri Ramakrishna used to say, ‘God reveals himself to a devotee who feels drawn to him by the combined force of these three attractions: the worldly man’s attraction for possessions,
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Monthly Reading December 7, 2017

Every Duty Is Holy

It is only work that is done as a freewill offering to humanity and to nature that does not bring with it any binding attachment. Duty of any kind is
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Monthly Reading November 9, 2017

Individuality Is My Motto

Individuality is my motto. I have no ambition beyond training individuals up. I know very little; that little I teach without reserve. Where I am ignorant I confess it as
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Monthly Reading October 5, 2017

On Divine Mother Kali

Govinda: “Revered sir, why does the Divine Mother have a black complexion?” Master: “You see her as black because you are far away from Her. Go near and you will
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Monthly Reading September 14, 2017

Swami Vivekananda: “Fight Your Way Out”

Wisdom can be preached even on a battlefield. The Gita [Bhagavad Gita] was preached so. There are three states of mind: the active, the passive, and the serene. The passive
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Monthly Reading July 19, 2017

A True Teacher

First you must find a teacher, a true teacher, and you must remember that he is not just a man. You may get a teacher in the body, but the
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Monthly Reading June 11, 2017

Swami Vivekananda on Equality

In what scriptures do you find statements that women are not competent for knowledge and devotion? In the period of degradation, when the priests made the other castes incompetent for
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