The wind in your sail
‘The breeze of Divine Grace is always blowing; unfurl your sail.’
- Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
- Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Redemption: Gandhi shows a way out of Hell
Excerpt from Redemption Stories: Unwasted Pain by Mary Ciofalo: The movie Gandhi inspired me - particularly one scene. In it Gandhi is fasting again to try and end the horrific riots between the Hindus and Moslems. A trio of Hindu men comes to tell Gandhi that they have stopped inciting their people, and that he must now end his fast. One of them flings a piece of bread onto Gandhi's cot and tells him, "I am going to Hell, but you must eat and live." Gandhi says, "Only God determines who goes to Hell. Why do you think you are?" The man replies, "I killed a Moslem child." Gandhi winces, then says quietly,"Why?" The man replies, "They killed my wife and my son." After a moment of silence, Gandhi says quietly, "I know a way out of Hell." The Hindu man looks shocked. It is clear that he never considered redemption for himself. Gandhi says, "Go find a child without parents and raise him as your own. Bu
And the Bauls came
ReplyDeletethey danced
they sang
And they disappeared
in the mist...
and the house was left empty...the house...
in the mist...
Song murmured by Ramakrishna shortly before he passed away
Why are you unhappy?
ReplyDeleteBecause 99.9 per cent
Of everything you think,
And of everything you do,
Is for yourself -
And there isn't one.
-Wei Wu Wei
On the point of death
ReplyDeletePapaji said:
‘Where is the Buddha?
Bring him in! Bring him in!’
The disciples heard
Not one more syllable from him.
Did the Buddha come in?
How could he?
He was never not there.
Its sound is love
ReplyDeleteThe flute of the Infinite is played without
ceasing, and its sound is love:
When love renounces all limits, it reaches
truth.
How widely the fragrance spreads! It has
no end, nothing stands in its way.
The form of this melody is bright like a
million suns: incomparably sounds the
vina, the vina of the notes of truth.
- Kabir