Edison Faces His Laboratory Burning
Even catastrophe can reveal a resilient mind
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Aug 24, 2026 · 55 min · 10 segments
Swami Sarvapriyananda reads and discusses the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna is an English translation of the Bengali spiritual text Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita by Swami…
Swami SarvapriyanandaHostVijay asks a question, "What must be the bound soul's condition of mind in order to-- What must it be in order to achieve liberation?" Um, so s- just before this, Sri Ramakrishna was talking about the bound soul, the worldly soul, but not attracted to spiritual life, and he gave some stark examples.
He was playing cards as if the time had not yet come for him to think of God." And remember, in those days p- the average lifespan was, uh, 50 or less.
Sri Ramakrishna passed when he was 18, uh, in 1886, so he was 50 years old at that time.
[laughs]
When are you going to turn to God, to spiritual life? When are you going to start thinking of the eternal? Um, and he s- says he's play- playing cards at the age of 50.
If you remove him from his worldly surroundings to a spiritual environment, he will pine away.
Vijay asks a question, "What must be the bound soul's condition of mind in order to-- What must it be in order to achieve liberation?" Um, so s- just before this, Sri Ramakrishna was talking about the bound soul, the worldly soul, but not attracted to spiritual life, and he gave some stark examples.
He was playing cards as if the time had not yet come for him to think of God." And remember, in those days p- the average lifespan was, uh, 50 or less.
Sri Ramakrishna passed when he was 18, uh, in 1886, so he was 50 years old at that time.
[laughs]
When are you going to turn to God, to spiritual life? When are you going to start thinking of the eternal? Um, and he s- says he's play- playing cards at the age of 50.
If you remove him from his worldly surroundings to a spiritual environment, he will pine away.
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Even catastrophe can reveal a resilient mind
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