Master Mahashay (M) (humbly): "How ought we to live in the world?" MASTER (Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa) : "Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God. Live with all — with wife and children, father and mother — and serve them. Treat them as if they were very dear to you, but know in your heart of hearts that they do not belong to you. "A maidservant in the house of a rich man performs all the household duties, but her thoughts are fixed on her own home in her native villag

हिरना समझ बूझ बन चरना || एक बन चरना, दूजे बन चरना, तीजे बन पग नहिं धरना || तीजे बनमें पांच पारधी, उनके नजर नहिं पडना || पांच हिरना, पचीस हिरनी, उन में एक चतुर ना || तोये मार तेरो मास बिकावे, तेरे खालका करेंगे बिछोना || कहे कबीराजी सुनो भाई साधो, गुरू के चरण चित धरना || हिरना समझ बूझ बन चरना हे हिरन (अर्थात् मन / जीव), समझ–बूझ कर जंगल में चरना (जीवन में चलते रहना)। हिरन = जीव / हमारा मन जो हर समय आनंद, रस, सुख ढूँढता रहता है। “Dear deer, graze in the forest with understandin

जैसा मैं समझ पा रही हूं, यह पैटर्न कॉलेज के समय से शुरू हुआ।अचानक घर के लोग अलग व्यवहार करने लगे, जैसे सबके मन में मेरे लिए नकारात्मक भाव आ गए हों, पर कारण समझ नहीं आया। मैंने कभी भाइयों से कुछ नहीं मांगा, हमेशा स्नेह ही दिया, फिर भी माता-पिता को लगता था कि मैं कुछ ले न लूं। बचपन से ही घर का सारा काम करती थी, फिर भी मां से डांट मिलती थी। उस समय मैं बस उनका प्यार चाहती थी, पर घर में अजनबी जैसा महसूस होता था। जब भाई ने नौकरी पाई, तो मेरे और बच्चों के लिए लाए कपड़े मां ने रख लिए

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