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    The Sayings of Ramdas
    The Sayings of Ramdas
    The Sayings of Ramdas
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    The Sayings of Ramdas

    By Swami Ramdas

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    The Sayings of Ramdas by Swami Ramdas is a collection of profound and inspirational teachings from one of the revered saints of India.

    The Sayings of Ramdas presents a selection of insightful and uplifting sayings from Swami Ramdas, a prominent 20th-century Indian saint and spiritual teacher. This compilation serves as a beacon of spiritual wisdom, guiding seekers on the path of self-realization and divine love.

    Swami Ramdas, known for his deep devotion and ecstatic state of God-realization, conveys the essence of his teachings through these sayings. The book covers a range of spiritual topics, including the nature of the divine, the journey of the soul, the importance of faith and surrender, and the power of love and compassion.

    Each saying in the book is a nugget of wisdom, reflecting Ramdas’s profound understanding of the spiritual path. His words are simple yet profound, accessible to beginners but also resonating with those who have advanced on their spiritual journey. The sayings inspire readers to look within, fostering a deeper understanding of one's true nature and the divine presence that permeates all existence.

    Furthermore, The Sayings of Ramdas is not just a book of spiritual teachings; it is a source of practical guidance for living a life imbued with spiritual values. Swami Ramdas’s sayings emphasize the importance of inner peace, selfless service, and unconditional love in everyday life. His teachings encourage readers to transcend the ego and experience the bliss of oneness with the divine.

    This collection is an invaluable companion for anyone seeking spiritual inspiration and guidance. Swami Ramdas's sayings are timeless, transcending religious boundaries and speaking to the universal quest for understanding and enlightenment. The Sayings of Ramdas is a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom, offering solace, inspiration, and insight to seekers of all paths.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781473350526
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      The Sayings of Ramdas - Swami Ramdas

      IGNORANCE

      1.Life involved in and identified with the phenomenal existence becomes a source of misery.

      2.The real does not die and the unreal cannot be eternal: so, grief over the death of the perishable is a mark of ignorance.

      3.Misery lies not in external circumstances. It inheres in the fettered and ignorant mind.

      4.Good and evil are merely conceptual, seen through the tinted glass of sheer ignorance.

      5.All events in our life happen as a matter of course but to look upon them as causing happiness or misery is entirely based upon the attitude of mind.

      6.To believe that merely external forms are real, without probing through and beyond them to the Reality, on whom all rests and subsists, is utter ignorance.

      7.Man is miserable because he seeks joy and peace in external conditions and objects, which are in their very nature incapable of yielding the perfect state, for which the heart of man longs.

      8.The quarrels and strifes between sects, creeds and cults are born of utter ignorance. So, to know and realise God we have to love all beings and creatures alike, irrespective of any man-made distinctions.

      9.Good and evil, sin and virtue, are relative terms, mind-made, and therefore due to the individualistic attitude of ignorance.

      10.Our actions, in themselves, are neither virtuous nor sinful. They are simply activities of the Divine Shakti. We give them the dual names, and suffer, through ignorance.

      11.Very often we set a false value upon ourselves and think we are great, good and all that. God alone is great and good.

      12.When, through the coloured glass of ignorance, we view the pure workings of the Divine will, we behold in them good and evil and consequently become subject to joy and grief. So in all matters let us submit to the Divine dispensation.

      13.Maya is mind, the cause of all duality. It is this mind that names actions as good and bad, and situations as pleasant and unpleasant, and then experiences the emotions, pleasurable and painful.

      EGO-SENSE

      14.When a man is free from the clutches of the ego and its desires, in whatever field of activity he may be engaged, karma cannot bind him.

      15.The ego-sense is individual consciousness, in which a man thinks that he is a mere body, formed out of the five elements, and that he is the doer, as a separate jiva.

      16.To be engaged in the activities of Prakriti and still enjoy the bliss of the Atman, is possible when the idea of I and Mine has been totally given up.

      17.The only thing that a man has to renounce in order to attain the supreme Truth is the individual sense and nothing else.

      18.The ego is an obsession, a shadow, an illusion; all life is one, and that one is yourself.

      19.That the ego-sense is the cause of man’s fall from his supreme state of blessedness and peace is evident in this wonderful lila of the Lord.

      20.To be conscious always that our individual life is only a thing of play while in reality we are the ever free, all-blissful and omnipresent Spirit or Truth, is to be free from egoism.

      21.Do not forget the truth that nothing here belongs to you. All, including yourself, belong to the supreme Lord of the universe. The sense of possession is one of the main characteristics of the ego-sense.

      22.The individual struggle, started and continued from the egoistic standpoint,

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