CHAPTER-VI: THE IDEAL OF RENUNCIATION-PART-II
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| Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi |
11.
"People find opportunities according to their fate and Karma. ... The fact
is, if one's time to go beyond the world is ripe, one will break all bonds and
come; nobody will check him. Lack of money, awaiting somebody's approval, fear
of having to go back, these are nothing."
12.
"You see, my dear, many people seek God only after disappointment in other
spheres. But he, who from childhood can place at the Master's feet a heart as
pure as a flower, is blessed indeed!"
13.
"The other day X — said to me, 'Mother, we are always to be alert. We
always tremble with fear lest we should think any unholy thought.' That is very
true. A monk is like a bleached cloth. ... One does not notice the spots in a
black cloth so much, but even a drop of ink looks so prominent on white
linen. The monk's life is always beset with dangers. The whole world is
engrossed in lust and gold. The monk must always practise renunciation and
dispassion. Therefore Sri Ramakrishna used to say, 'A monk must always be alert
and careful.' "
14.
"Sri Ramakrishna used to say, 'O Sadhu, beware!' Sadhus should always be
alert. The path of a Sadhu is always slippery. When one is on slippery ground,
one should walk tiptoe. Is it a joke to become a Sannyasin? If one had so
desired, one could have married and lived the life of a householder. Now that
you have given up such intentions, the mind should not be allowed to think of
these things. What has once been spat out, is not eaten again. The ochre robe
of a Sadhu protects him as the collar of a dog protects it from danger. No one
molests a dog with a collar, as it belongs to someone or other. All gates are
open to a Sadhu. He has admission everywhere."
15.
Devotee: "Mother, I am overtaken by fear on seeing how even high spiritual
persons meet with a fall."
Mother:
"If you are constantly in touch with objects of enjoyment, you are likely
to succumb to their influence."
16.
At Jayrambati when a young man was initiated into Brahmacharya, he asked,
"How long will I have to fulfill its vows?" Mother answered him at
once with a firm voice, "As long as there is life in your body."
17.
"Faith and firmness are the basic things; if faith and firmness are there,
then you have it all."
18.
"Forgetting your personality, try to understand your identity [with
God]."
19.
"It is extremely bad for a monk to possess money. There is nothing
impossible for the round pieces to do — even to the extent of endangering life."
20.
To a disciple who had been busy with accounts the whole day, Mother said,
"Can anyone who has renounced the world relish these things? Once there
was a mistake in the accounts relating to the salary of the Master. I asked him
to talk to the manager of the Temple about it. But he said, 'What a shame!
Shall I bother myself about accounts?' Once he said to me, 'He who utters the
Name of God never suffers from any misery. Why do you worry?' These are his
very words. Renunciation was his ornament."
SOURCE: saradadevi.info/THM
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