The Gospel of Swami Ramdas

His talks, as recorded by Swami Satchidananda

Swami Satchidananda's day-by-day record of his talks and his life at Anandashram and on tour with Mother Krishnabai, from 1951 to 1957, in three volumes.

Swami Ramdas

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Anandashram, August 6, 1951
    1. 1. Love Human and Divine
    2. 2. Transcend Himsa and Ahimsa
    3. 3. Faith in Blessings
    4. 4. Self-adulation, a vice
    5. 5. Milk, the best Diet
    6. 6. No Ill Will
    7. 7. Unkempt in sadhana Days
    8. 8. Tapasavins alone have Creative Genius
    9. 9. Inaction in Action
    10. 10. The Marks of a Jivanmukta
    11. 11. Strictness in sadhana
    12. 12. Corruption even in Ashrams
  2. Chapter 2: Anandashram, August 11, 1951
    1. 13. Life stale without problems
    2. 14. God plays all Roles
    3. 15. Mataji never Half-hearted
    4. 16. Food aplenty
    5. 17. Papa's favourite
    6. 18. Divine Love Transforms
    7. 19. Difficulties with Sadhakas and Orphans
    8. 20. Misunderstanding Cleared
  3. Chapter 3: Anandashram, August 15, 1951
    1. 21. Sadhana Bhakti and Sadhya Bhakti
    2. 22. Contemplation leads to Oneness with God – Take Ram Nam
    3. 23. A Rubbish Heap – Mataji's Reflections
    4. 24. On Conducting an Ashram
    5. 25. The Source of Donations
    6. 26. Sannyas
    7. 27. Evil, the Creation of the Ignorant Mind
    8. 28. Mataji – a Pucca Communist
    9. 29. Mataji's Old Relations – New Perspective
  4. Chapter 4: Anandashram, August 19, 1951
    1. 30. Karma Affects All
    2. 31. Ramdas on his Wandering Days – avoid Worldly Contacts
    3. 32. Renunciation, No Joke
    4. 33. Temples, Ancient and Modern
    5. 34. The Bond of Affection between Papa and Ramkishor
    6. 35. Modes of Imparting Spiritual Power
    7. 36. God Hungers for Love – Story of a Butcher-Bhakta
    8. 37. Daya vs. Maya
    9. 38. Renunciation, only a means
    10. 39. Jnana born of Bhakti
  5. Chapter 5: Anandashram, September 5, 1951
    1. 40. Ganesh Pooja
    2. 41. Setbacks in Sadhana
    3. 42. Ramdas Belongs to all Religions
    4. 43. Fast on a Call from Within
    5. 44. Meditation must be Spontaneous
    6. 45. Concentrate in Heart Centre or above
  6. Chapter 6: Anandashram, September 15, 1951
    1. 46. Natverlal Shah
    2. 47. Dharam Devi
    3. 48. A Dangerous Book!
    4. 49. Sorrow for Human Suffering
    5. 50. Initiation and Advice
    6. 51. Faith in Saints' Teachings
    7. 52. Precautions for Meditation
    8. 53. See Ramdas everywhere – Man is God playing the Fool.
    9. 54. Vairagya and Bhakti go together – Eschew Pride in Sadhana
  7. Chapter 7: Anandashram, October 1, 1951
    1. 55. Struggle for the Nectar of Freedom
    2. 56. When can One be Free?
    3. 57. Guru All-Powerful
    4. 58. Nishkama Karma
    5. 59. Karma-Yoga
    6. 60. God as Mother
    7. 61. Money, A Worry
    8. 62. Attachment to Gold – A Story
    9. 63. If Women had Written Smritis
  8. Chapter 8: Anandashram, October 2, 1951
    1. 64. Extremes Meet
    2. 65. Indriyas only Delude
    3. 66. How Ram Commands
    4. 67. Why Critics are Friends? – Transcend Gunas
    5. 68. All Responsibility is God's – Repeat Ram Nam Ceaselessly
    6. 69. Gopis and Jnana
    7. 70. Ramdas – A Dangerous Person
    8. 71. Effect of Grace – Why Sadhana?
    9. 72. A Glorious End
  9. Chapter 9: Anandashram, October 6, 1951
    1. 73. Mend Yourself
    2. 74. Ramdas of Bhadrachalam
    3. 75. Damaji of Mangalvedha
    4. 76. God Beyond Reasoning
    5. 77. The best Advice to Householders
    6. 78. Cause of Man's Fall
    7. 79. Mind, A Wild Bull
    8. 80. Concentrate on the Sound of Ram Nam in Solitude
    9. 81. God's Will is Supreme
  10. Chapter 10: Anandashram, October 13, 1951
    1. 82. Be unaffected by Prarabdha – Purpose of Sadhana
    2. 83. Detachment – A Queen's Example
    3. 84. Samsara, hard to overcome
    4. 85. A New Path to Realisation – Mataji's Wish
    5. 86. Why Sannyas not Advised
    6. 87. Ask God to Transform You
    7. 88. Short-lived Experience
  11. Chapter 11: Anandashram, January 5, 1953
    1. 89. Writing and Talking, Nothing before Realization
    2. 90. Mataji's Unexpected Entreaty
    3. 91. Pretentious Repetition of Ram Nam
    4. 92. Mataji on Fasting
    5. 93. Joy in all Actions
    6. 94. Love of God breaks Bonds of Moha
    7. 95. Need For Correct Understanding of Saints
    8. 96. Ask Blessings only for Spiritual Progress
    9. 97. 'My Work must be Universal', Mataji
    10. 98. Ram Nam – The Best Medicine
  12. Chapter 12: Anandashram, January 10, 1953
    1. 99. Likhit Japa Target
    2. 100. Power of Ram Nam – Likhit Japa Purely Nishkama?
    3. 101. Greatness of Ram Nam
    4. 102. A separate Room for Papa
    5. 103. Cosmic Mind does all Thinking
    6. 104. Recording the Talks
    7. 105. Yogi Milarepa
    8. 106. Open Spaces Broaden Vision – Die to Live
    9. 107. Bank of Ram Nam
  13. Chapter 13: Anandashram, January 13, 1953
    1. 108. The Whole Universe is One
    2. 109. Who is a True Instrument of God?
    3. 110. Saints Promote Universal Peace
    4. 111. Thoughts will not go in vain
    5. 112. Love, the Basis of Universal Service
    6. 113. Papa Enthusiastic about Foreign Tour
    7. 114. Yogi Milarepa
    8. 115. Talk of Foreign Tour continued
  14. Chapter 14: Anandashram, January 16, 1953
    1. 116. What Survives Realisation – Divinised Individuality
    2. 117. The State of Moksha is Indescribable – Avatars and Jivanmuktas
    3. 118. Saint and God are One
    4. 119. Recollection of Sadhana Days
    5. 120. The Engine and the Wagons
    6. 121. Genesis of the Ashram
    7. 122. His Inner Promptings Willed by God
    8. 123. Doubt Worse than Bullet
    9. 124. Reminiscences of Sadhana Period
    10. 125. Attitude to Mother Rukmabai – The Open Secret
    11. 126. Yogi Milarepa
    12. 127. Mistake in Bill
  15. Chapter 15: Anandashram: January 18, 1953
    1. 128. Sadhana Essential to be Conscious of Grace
    2. 129. Celibacy in Married Life
    3. 130. Impatience not good
    4. 131. Obstacles are Imagined
    5. 132. Fall only natural – Take God to Task
    6. 133. Thefts in the Ashram
    7. 134. Maharashi's Path difficult for ordinary people – Mataji's View
    8. 135. Laughing Swami
    9. 136. God's Wonderful Lila
    10. 137. Conquering Lust
    11. 138. Significance of Sixtieth Birthday
    12. 139. Ashram Activities – Mataji's Comments
    13. 140. 'Keep Money where I cannot find it' – Mataji
  16. Chapter 16: Anandashram, August 27, 1953
    1. 141. Do not weaken the body
    2. 142. God's Lila is wonderful – Papa's sense of humour
    3. 143. Change in building plan
    4. 144. Mataji's Miracle – Mataji and her talk about economy
    5. 145. Venomous Snake killed. A Cat saved
    6. 146. Make an honest living
    7. 147. Inner attachment hard to give up
    8. 148. Sri Ramakrishna's concern for his devotee
    9. 149. Funny Interlude
    10. 150. Belated Pada-Pooja
  17. Chapter 17: Anandashram, September 3, 1953
    1. 151. Bring out all sides of a saint's life
    2. 152. What distinguishes a Saint's anger
    3. 153. Mataji for a Simple Life, Still Ashram Expanded
    4. 154. Good Management of Existing Institutions needed
    5. 155. Two Destitute Boys
    6. 156. Satyakama Jabali
    7. 157. God gives and God takes away – enjoy all situations
    8. 158. They come, for what?
    9. 159. No Faith in Simple Path
  18. Chapter 18: Anandashram, September 9, 1953
    1. 160. "You are running the whole Universe!"
    2. 161. Unreserved Faith in Papa and his ways
    3. 162. How Likhit Japa Yajna started
    4. 163. Mataji on individious Distinctions
    5. 164. Be a Jnani-Bhakta
    6. 165. Mataji's Account-keeping – the Humorous side to it.
    7. 166. Control of Mind, not Easy
  19. Chapter 19: Anandashram, September 17, 1953
    1. 167. Gandhiji's Experiments in Brahmacharya
    2. 168. He Cures Himself
    3. 169. Lives of Mahatmas must be presented in toto.
    4. 170. Papa's Princely Life, the Why and Wherefore
    5. 171. Mataji kind even to a Detractor
  20. Chapter 20: Anandashram, September 19, 1953
    1. 172. A Devotee's Criticism
    2. 173. Mataji's answer
    3. 174. Life in Everything
    4. 175. Mischievous Sri Krishna
  21. Chapter 21: Anandashram, September 22, 1953
    1. 176. Make no Plans. Surrender to God.
    2. 177. Gandhiji's End
    3. 178. What, after all, is the loss of a Watch?
    4. 179. Devotees are like Bhramaras
    5. 180. Transcend Gunas to see the Universe as God
    6. 181. Ram Nam, the Nectarine pill
  22. Chapter 22: Anandashram, September 27, 1953
    1. 182. A Mother's Grief
    2. 183. Papa besought for Grace
    3. 184. Ramdas’ concern for devotees
    4. 185. You cannot escape from Ramdas.
    5. 186. Truth beyond Good and Bad – Laugh and be merry
    6. 187. Man, a conceited animal
    7. 188. A Bhagavatar's experience
    8. 189. What people expect from Saints
    9. 190. Grace impartial – Receptivity differs – Story of Purandharadas
    10. 191. Those who come to scoff remain to pray
  23. Chapter 23: Anandashram, October 1, 1953
    1. 192. Likhit Japa Yajna
    2. 193. Grace for Sadhana
    3. 194. I am the poorest of the poor – Mataji
    4. 195. Publish only what all can understand.
    5. 196. Mataji not enthusiastic about recording her talks
    6. 197. Himsa/Ahimsa – mental attitude counts
    7. 198. Papa's Love for Ramkishor
    8. 199. Talk of Surrender easy – To control Lower Nature, no joke
    9. 200. Ram Nam is the Technique
    10. 201. Argument for argument's sake
    11. 202. Mataji frank only with a few
  24. Chapter 24: Anandashram, October 3, 1953
    1. 203. Ram Nam sweeter than Nectar
    2. 204. Worries of the aged hamper sadhana
    3. 205. 'No one my Bhakta' – Mataji
    4. 206. "If you eat, the whole world eats"
    5. 207. Celebrations ought to give joy
    6. 208. Animals have their reactions
    7. 209. True aspirant, one in a million
    8. 210. Darker side of ashram life
    9. 211. Moha – higher and lower
    10. 212. Sadhus must rely on God
    11. 213. Ashram different from what was envisaged
  25. Chapter 25: Anandashram, October 11, 1953
    1. 214. Papa in joyous company
    2. 215. Mataji, a perfect planner.
    3. 216. Be eager for God
    4. 217. Saints speak from different levels of consciousness
    5. 218. On making a will – God's will prevails
    6. 219. Never tell a lie
  26. Chapter 26: Anandashram, October 18, 1953
    1. 220. The Cuckoo clock – Definite purpose behind mistakes
    2. 221. Satsang benefits only the ardent
    3. 222. Jealousy hinders progress
    4. 223. Don't give importance to petty matters
    5. 224. No outward mark for a Jivanmukta
    6. 225. Use of Ganja ruinous
    7. 226. The simplest Sadhana – Advantage of Service
    8. 227. No harm where love is
    9. 228. Papa's diabetes
    10. 229. The Only Solution for all Problems
  27. Chapter 27: Anandashram, October 27, 1953
    1. 230. The secret of Papa's story-telling
    2. 231. Papa and Mataji, a witty exchange
    3. 232. Getting ready for the tour
    4. 233. The rock is now soft
    5. 234. Devotees grief-stricken at Papa's departure
    6. 235. Happenings in the train
  28. Chapter 28: Bangalore, November 1, 1953
    1. 236. Papa honouring Mahatmas
    2. 237. Samsara breeds sorrow
    3. 238. "He talked of nothing but God."
    4. 239. One Guru, several forms
    5. 240. Papa blessing a mental patient
    6. 241. Only cheerful offerings benefit
    7. 242. Mataji's rules of cleanliness
    8. 243. Atharvana Veda
    9. 244. Swami Rama Tirtha
    10. 245. Name and dress
    11. 246. Papa free of spiritual disciplines
  29. Chapter 29: Anantapur, November 5, 1953
    1. 247. Doctors terrify
    2. 248. Telugu version of Papa's poems
    3. 249. Papa's poems – 'prose run mad '
    4. 250. No worldly knowledge equals inner bliss
    5. 251. Ineffable bliss through Japa Yajna
    6. 252. Do not overstress vegetarianism
    7. 253. Papa's need for exercise
    8. 254. Universe is Mother's form
    9. 255. Ram Nam the only way
    10. 256. Servant becomes master
    11. 257. A devotee's experience of Papa's grace
    12. 258. Mataji's instinctive reaction
    13. 259. Value of prasad
  30. Chapter 30: Anantapur, November 7, 1953
    1. 260. Papa and Mataji on themselves
    2. 261. Realisation not attained in a day
    3. 262. Why aspirants were directed to Papa
    4. 263. Vasanas
    5. 264. What Ram is
    6. 265. Grace and Karma
    7. 266. Devotee and God – one and the same
    8. 267. Love, the easiest path
    9. 268. Concentrate on the Name
    10. 269. Intensify sadhana
  31. Chapter 31: Anantapur, November 9, 1953
    1. 270. Meditation must accompany fasting
    2. 271. The inner joy manifests in saint's presence
    3. 272. Path of renunciation – only for heroes.
    4. 273. Vicarious suffering of saints
    5. 274. Sadhuism is no joke
    6. 275. Pada-pooja
    7. 276. Disrespect to saints
    8. 277. Serene as usual
    9. 278. "Is Ramdas a rock?"
    10. 279. Crowds en route
  32. Chapter 32: Bangalore, November 11, 1953
    1. 280. Back in Bangalore
    2. 281. Everything is God's work
    3. 282. Colours – what they signify
    4. 283. Nakedness of the Soul
    5. 284. Wait in hope for grace
    6. 285. Have Ananya Bhakti
    7. 286. An Initiation
    8. 287. A devotee's confession
    9. 288. A bright future awaits India
    10. 289. Why they had come to see Ramdas
    11. 290. Wherefrom the honey?
    12. 291. Mataji's severe admonition
    13. 292. Women remain loyal to saints
  33. Chapter 33: Hyderabad, November 15, 1953
    1. 293. Is God whimsical in showering grace?
    2. 294. Was Papa an atheist in early life?
    3. 295. God reveals Himself to Himself
    4. 296. A lady in trance
    5. 297. Discourse by Puri Sankaracharya
    6. 298. Ramdas, only a child
    7. 299. Das and Ram are one
    8. 300. Japa for the Handicapped
    9. 301. Progress depends on intense devotion
    10. 302. Only a child of Ram
    11. 303. A phone call
  34. Chapter 34: Hyderabad, November 17, 1953
    1. 304. Blessings mean love
    2. 305. Hyderabad to Mohol
    3. 306. Saving power of Ram Nam
    4. 307. A favourite game
    5. 308. Ram Nam, a great protector
    6. 309. On marriage of girls
  35. Chapter 35: Mohol, November 21, 1953
    1. 310. Rush for darshan, why?
    2. 311. Gandhiji's experiments in brahmacharya
    3. 312. Homage by village folk
    4. 313. Nama Japa Yajna
    5. 314. Sefl-realisation
    6. 315. Anxious to serve
    7. 316. Pada-poojas, the order of the day
    8. 317. Love sweetens food
    9. 318. Mataji's scrupulous cleanliness
    10. 319. Mataji's generosity
    11. 320. Papa's unsparing service
    12. 321. Mataji's concern for the distressed
    13. 322. Mataji's poorvashram relations
  36. Chapter 36: Mohol to Sakori, November 25, 1953
    1. 323. Joy in separation too
    2. 324. Talk about Mrs Kalle
    3. 325. Good sadhana for S
    4. 326. Reception at Sakori
    5. 327. Mataji's love is for all
    6. 328. Conversation with inmates
    7. 329. Sahaja Samadhi
    8. 330. Oneness and individuality
    9. 331. War and saints
    10. 332. Saints work on different planes
    11. 333. When 'Talks' benefit
    12. 334. Descent of Guru's grace – joy of service
    13. 335. Enshrining Papa in the heart
    14. 336. Mataji's attitude to blood relations
    15. 337. Papa at the samadhi of Sri Sai Baba
    16. 338. Visit to jaggery factory
    17. 339. Good use of money
    18. 340. Effect of Papa's presence
    19. 341. Papa worshipped as Upasani Baba
    20. 342. Departure for Bombay
    21. 343. With students of philosophy
    22. 344. Benefit of Self-realisation
    23. 345. On meditation and prayer
    24. 346. The Vision
    25. 347. Go beyond external worship
    26. 348. Ponnu's method
    27. 349. Departure for Bhavnagar
    28. 350. Meeting with the Maharaja, Bindu Maharaj and Sai Sattar Shah
  37. Chapter 37: Bhavnagar, December 5, 1953
    1. 351. The odd Bihari
    2. 352. Devotees should consult Guru's convenience
    3. 353. Bhajan in sleep
    4. 354. Purity of mind essential
    5. 355. Bhakti should be nishkama
    6. 356. Control emotions
    7. 357. External aids to sadhana
    8. 358. Ego, the greatest obstacle
    9. 359. Discontent with spiritual progress beneficial
    10. 360. Develop witness-consciousness
    11. 361. Do not neglect studies
    12. 362. How to still the mind
    13. 363. Realise nirguna and saguna
    14. 364. What is moksha?
    15. 365. The different kinds of samadhis
    16. 366. Follow the triune path
    17. 367. Sublimation, not suppression
    18. 368. Purpose of fasting
    19. 369. God realisation, a state of ineffable bliss
    20. 370. Do not worry about rebirth
    21. 371. Atman is neither karta nor bhokta
    22. 372. Prayer arises at the right time
    23. 373. Value of satsang
    24. 374. Three types of people
  38. Chapter 38: Rajkot, December 7, 1953
    1. 375. Requisites for Brahmacharya
    2. 376. Blessing a couple
    3. 377. Rebirth after moksha
    4. 378. The best way to control the mind
    5. 379. Infinite joy of God-vision
    6. 380. Transcending the gunas
    7. 381. Realisation not a mental state.
    8. 382. Vichara, bhakti, intuition
    9. 383. Papa with brother and sister
    10. 384. Celibacy and women
    11. 385. Don't insult saints
    12. 386. Initiation by Guru more effective
    13. 387. Surrender, the essence of Ram Nam
    14. 388. The best prayer
    15. 389. Papa found pure ananda in Ram Nam
    16. 390. Pilgrimages are not everything
  39. Chapter 39: Ramdas Ashram, Bhavnagar, December 14, 1953
    1. 391. Improvement in Papa's health
    2. 392. Suffering, a lever to lift up the Soul
    3. 393. Mataji on her precognitions
    4. 394. No reason to weep
    5. 395. Admonition to the recalcitrant Bihari
    6. 396. Ras-sadhana – Gopis alone know its secret
    7. 397. Another odd devotee
  40. Chapter 40: Ramdas-Ashram, Bhavnagar, December 9, 1953
    1. 398. Do manasa pooja
    2. 399. Aparigraha, asteya and brahmacharya
    3. 400. Protection of property
    4. 401. Repeat Ram Nam constantly
    5. 402. Hate the sin, love the sinner
    6. 403. Keep money flowing
    7. 404. Mind vs. Atman
    8. 405. Auto-biography attempted
    9. 406. Playing football with life
    10. 407. Ramdas is busy doing nothing!
    11. 408. Early life
    12. 409. Mind restless because desire-ridden
    13. 410. Is man's will free?
    14. 411. Eternal play of Shiva-Shakti.
    15. 412. Do sadhana taught in the ‘Gita’
    16. 413. Ram Nam not for curing diseases
    17. 414. A scar on Papa's knee
    18. 415. Yogakshemam Vahamyaham
    19. 416. Cry to the Mother
    20. 417. Ram, as light, is within you.
    21. 418. Papa muses over sadhana days
  41. Chapter 41: Ramdas-Ashram, Bhavnagar, December 22, 1953
    1. 419. Another recalcitrant devotee
    2. 420. Take to the spiritual quest early
    3. 421. Parasmani changes only Iron into Gold
    4. 422. Sannyas for wholetime sadhana
    5. 423. Only tamas and rajas are obstacles
    6. 424. Sandhyavandan, when effective
    7. 425. Can women repeat Gayatri?
    8. 426. See God in everything
    9. 427. Ram Mantra harmonizes with other sounds
    10. 428. What it means to feed a saint
    11. 429. Realise static and dynamic aspects of truth
    12. 430. Lift the veil yourself
    13. 431. Dedicate everything to God
    14. 432. Saints drop body at will
    15. 433. Permanent stay with a saint not essential
    16. 434. Do intense sadhana
    17. 435. Mataji, an extraordinary case
  42. Chapter 42: Bhavnagar, January 1, 1954
    1. 436. Visit to farm
    2. 437. Three types of saints
    3. 438. How Papa looked upon Mataji
    4. 439. Papa agog to look into the mail
    5. 440. Peace in Papa's presence
    6. 441. Saints and Avatars.
  43. Chapter 43: Ramdas-Ashram, Bhavnagar, January 6, 1954
    1. 442. Free yourself by yourself
    2. 443. Benefit of yajnas
    3. 444. Mataji on the film show
    4. 445. Heed not scandalmongers
    5. 446. A loving invitation
    6. 447. Mataji also subject to dreams
    7. 448. 'I am everything' – Mataji
    8. 449. The riddle
    9. 450. How contact with Papa helps
    10. 451. Requisite for transformation
    11. 452. Begging alms crushes the ego
    12. 453. Offerings to a saint, right attitude
    13. 454. When husband or wife not spiritually inclined
    14. 455. See good in others
    15. 456. Aftermath of the talk
    16. 457. Speak only truth
    17. 458. Ramdas for discipline
    18. 459. What is renunciation? How it comes about
    19. 460. Strange happenings
  44. Chapter 44: Ramdas-Ashram, Bhavnagar, January 20, 1954
    1. 461. Lunch with the Maharaja
    2. 462. Papa's sadhana days contrasted with later life
    3. 463. A miraculous cure
    4. 464. Saints promote happiness of others
    5. 465. Close your intellect and open your heart
    6. 466. Turn the searchlight inward
    7. 467. Have a world vision
    8. 468. Truth not in books but in the heart
    9. 469. Foreign tour, no plans
    10. 470. Be busy with sadhana
    11. 471. The Mantra represents Saguna, Nirguna and Shakti
    12. 472. About sakshatkar
    13. 473. Shanti and Ananda, the same
    14. 474. On Kundalini Yoga
    15. 475. Purna Yoga won by bhakti
    16. 476. Interest in astrology
    17. 477. The elusive Ramdas
    18. 478. Ramdas could gauge progress made by devotees
    19. 479. Awareness through practice
  45. Chapter 45: Anandashram to Bombay, December 31, 1955
    1. 480. Vedanta sammelan
    2. 481. Papa in a jovial mood
    3. 482. Saint – recognition difficult
    4. 483. Some fun
  46. Chapter 46: January 3, 1956
    1. 484. Departure for Bhavnagar
    2. 485. Saint free from discipline
    3. 486. Mataji on her autobiography
    4. 487. Surrender must follow sadhana
    5. 488. Total surrender sees miracles
    6. 489. No disciples, only friends
    7. 490. Great to know oneself to be little
    8. 491. Poetical homage to Mataji
    9. 492. Face the trials of life bravely
    10. 493. Help to a devotee
    11. 494. Maharaja's visit
    12. 495. Mataji's pointer to realize truth in entirety
  47. Chapter 47: Ramdas-Ashram, Bhavnagar, January 7, 1956
    1. 496. Ram Nam all-inclusive
    2. 497. 'Tera Panth'
    3. 498. Accept Papa as mother
    4. 499. Papa's daily routine
    5. 500. 'You are motherly'
    6. 501. A devotee from England
    7. 502. Pada Tirtha the sovereign medicine
    8. 503. The book ‘World is God’
    9. 504. On God-realisation
    10. 505. Sadhana for householders
    11. 506. English devotee asked to tea
    12. 507. Saints' words are upadesh
    13. 508. Go to God, our Mother
    14. 509. Do not blame the times
    15. 510. God looks after all
    16. 511. Difficulties, only for our good
    17. 512. God is Anandaghana
  48. Chapter 48: Ramdas-Ashram, Bhavnagar, January 10, 1956
    1. 513. Papa's command of languages
    2. 514. God resides in the devotee's heart
    3. 515. God fulfils saints' blessings
    4. 516. Why proxy?
    5. 517. Love is everything
    6. 518. God helps the contented
    7. 519. Mysterious is grace
    8. 520. Seek saints' company
    9. 521. The heart and the hands, what for?
    10. 522. Diverse doubts set at rest
    11. 523. On his world tour
    12. 524. The effect of saint's presence
  49. Chapter 49: Ramdas-Ashram, January 14, 1956
    1. 525. Guru can take over prarabdha
    2. 526. Saturn’s influence on a saint
    3. 527. Meeting with Sri Ma Anandamayi
    4. 528. Dialogue at the Palace
    5. 529. Guru-Kripa flows to the humble
    6. 530. Humility – distinguishing mark of saints
    7. 531. Realisation sudden, process gradual
    8. 532. A long-time devotee
  50. Chapter 50: Ramdas-Ashram, January 19, 1956
    1. 533. Should Papa visit the lady's house?
    2. 534. Rajoguna, cause of all disturbances
    3. 535. Miscellany
    4. 536. 'Papa's contact will ruin me!'
    5. 537. Bow to God's will
    6. 538. God rescues His devotees
    7. 539. Mataji's premonitions
    8. 540. Saints feel for the world
  51. Chapter 51: Ramdas-Ashram, Bhavnagar, January 27, 1956
    1. 541. A temple function
    2. 542. A privilege to be a servant of God
    3. 543. What desirelessness means
    4. 544. The bhavas
    5. 545. Bhakta and Bhagavan – a thrilling scene
  52. Chapter 52: Anandashram, January 25, 1957
    1. 546. Sri Hanuman Mandir
    2. 547. Visit to Dilip Kumar Roy's Ashram in Poona
    3. 548. Vinobaji's visit
    4. 549. Mai Swarup's visit
  53. Chapter 53: Anandashram, September 22, 1957
    1. 550. Mataji on Sadhana
    2. 551. Farewells
    3. 552. Visitors expected
    4. 553. Spirit of service
    5. 554. Heaven and Hell
    6. 555. "Where is the divine? You are the divine"
  54. Chapter 54: Anandashram, October 10, 1957
    1. 556 A gift parcel
    2. 557. A bull fight
    3. 558. Ashram finances
    4. 559. Ambar Charkha class
    5. 560. The coming of the Hamiltons – Christ consciousness is cosmic consciousness.
    6. 561. Papa narrating enlightening stories
    7. 562. Mansur, the mystic
  55. Chapter 55: Anandashram, October 15, 1957
    1. 563. Grace governed by lawless law
    2. 564. Stage when no questions arise
    3. 565. “This body persists for their sake"
    4. 566. Disciplines help only indirectly
    5. 567. Powers are to be rejected
    6. 568. See God in all
    7. 569. Image worship
    8. 570. Buddha and Christ
    9. 571. Love triumphs
    10. 572. Potency of Guru's grace
    11. 573. Insects and snakes
    12. 574. On fear
    13. 575. Limits to ahimsa
    14. 576. Microcosm and Macrocosm are one
  56. Chapter 56: Anandashram, October 16, 1957
    1. 577. Love is the greatest thing
    2. 578. Papa's sadhana and its fulfilment
    3. 579. A cradle ceremony
    4. 580. Go-pooja
    5. 581. Bliss in longing or attaining?
    6. 582. When killing helps the killed
    7. 583. "Seek ye the kitchen!"
    8. 584. What should be done to see God
    9. 585. Aham Brahmasmi
  57. Chapter 57: Anandashram, October 26 1957
    1. 586. Let God enter your heart
    2. 587. Women have wonderful faith
    3. 588. Vichara marga
    4. 589. The Yogas are not distinct
  58. Chapter 58: Anandashram, October 30, 1957
    1. 590. 'Tired of writing letters'
    2. 591. Why saints meditate
    3. 592. Mildred Hamilton and her experiences
    4. 593. Ramdas like a mirror
    5. 594. Ralph's experiences
    6. 595. Do not externalise your mind by a show of service
    7. 596. Lunar eclipse
    8. 597. You get only what you pray for
    9. 598. Swami Anandashram's visit

Opening pages

  1. THE GOSPEL OF SWAMI RAMDAS
  2. Swami Ramdas