A collection of quotes and teachings of Swami Smaranananda of Ramakrishna Mission.
Ask yourself whether what you are doing is selfish or selfless. This will be the criterion to judge whether what you are doing is spiritually and morally right or wrong.
Ask yourself whether what you are doing is selfish or selfless. This will be the criterion to judge whether what you are doing is spiritually and morally right or wrong.
If peace and harmony are there the human being can evolve
spiritually, which is the ultimate goal of all humanity.
A little relaxation is not laziness. Actually, you should
work better after a day’s relaxation.
If you dedicate all your actions and the fruits of actions
to God, your responsibility ends; the Lord takes them up. That is karma yoga.
This way you can conquer your ego.
One thinks of spiritual life when one fails to think of
higher things in materialistic life, is totally wrong. One has not to fail in
worldly life in order to think of God. This is a very negative attitude. The
rishis were very positive. Their search was for knowing the truth behind this
phenomenal world.
The only way to purify the mind is to think pure thoughts.
If there is a genuine quest, answers can be got from your mind itself.
To aim to be desireless is not dangerous. In this mortal world, all things are fraught with fear; only dispassion and renunciation, leads to fearlessness.
If you can free your mind from desires and negative thoughts, it is possible to solve all problems.
If you get rid of pleasures, the mind would become free from pain. A person who is free from pleasure or pain will be calm and serene under all circumstances.
Get rid of attachment; then you need not fear rejection by anything or anybody.