Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Apr 24, 2026 · 1 hr · 17 segments
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna | Swami Sarvapriyananda Swami Sarvapriyananda reads and discusses the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna is an English translation of the Bengali…
Swami SarvapriyanandaHostTo Shivanath and other Brahma devotees, "Can you tell me why you dwell so much on the powers and glories of God?" I asked the same thing of Keshab Sen.
One day Keshab and his party came to the temple garden at Dakshineswar.
A meeting was arranged in the paved courtyard above the bathing ghat on the Ganges, where Keshab gave a talk.
After the lecture, I said to Keshab, "Why do you so often say such things as, 'Oh God, what beautiful flowers thou hast made.
Oh God, thou hast created the heavens, the stars and the ocean,' and so on?" Those who love splendor themselves are fond of dwelling on God's splendor.
Once a thief stole the jewels from the images in the temple of Radhakanta.
Mathur Babu entered the temple and said to the deity, "What a shame, oh God, you couldn't save your own ornaments." "The idea," I said to Mathur, "Does he, he who has Lakshmi for his handmaid and attendant ever lack any splendor? The, the-- those jewels may be precious to you, but to God they are no better than lumps of clay.
What riches can you give to God to magnify His glory?" Therefore I say, a man seeks the person in whom he finds joy.
What need has he to ask where the person lives, the number of his houses, gardens, relatives and servants or the amount of his wealth? I forget everything when I see Narendra.
Never, even unwittingly, have I asked him where he lived, what his father's profession was or the number of his brothers.
What need have we of His infinite creation and unlimited glory? The Master sang, "Dive deep, O mind, dive deep in the ocean of God's beauty.
If you descend to the uttermost depths, there you will find the gem of love.
Go seek, O mind, go seek Vrindavan in your heart, where with his loving devotees Sri Krishna sports eternally.
To Shivanath and other Brahma devotees, "Can you tell me why you dwell so much on the powers and glories of God?" I asked the same thing of Keshab Sen.
One day Keshab and his party came to the temple garden at Dakshineswar.
A meeting was arranged in the paved courtyard above the bathing ghat on the Ganges, where Keshab gave a talk.
After the lecture, I said to Keshab, "Why do you so often say such things as, 'Oh God, what beautiful flowers thou hast made.
Oh God, thou hast created the heavens, the stars and the ocean,' and so on?" Those who love splendor themselves are fond of dwelling on God's splendor.
Once a thief stole the jewels from the images in the temple of Radhakanta.
Mathur Babu entered the temple and said to the deity, "What a shame, oh God, you couldn't save your own ornaments." "The idea," I said to Mathur, "Does he, he who has Lakshmi for his handmaid and attendant ever lack any splendor? The, the-- those jewels may be precious to you, but to God they are no better than lumps of clay.
What riches can you give to God to magnify His glory?" Therefore I say, a man seeks the person in whom he finds joy.
What need has he to ask where the person lives, the number of his houses, gardens, relatives and servants or the amount of his wealth? I forget everything when I see Narendra.
Never, even unwittingly, have I asked him where he lived, what his father's profession was or the number of his brothers.
What need have we of His infinite creation and unlimited glory? The Master sang, "Dive deep, O mind, dive deep in the ocean of God's beauty.
If you descend to the uttermost depths, there you will find the gem of love.
Go seek, O mind, go seek Vrindavan in your heart, where with his loving devotees Sri Krishna sports eternally.
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