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Ramchandra

Ma Bhabatarini (Kali)

Sri Sarada Devi

Swami Shivananda

BANERSHAR SHIVA LINGA

Sri Sarada Devi

Swami Vivekananda

Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Shivananda

Those of you who are Sannyasins must try to do good to others, for Sannyasa means that. There is no time to deliver a long discourse on ‘Renunciation' but I shall very briefly characterize it as “The love of death”. Worldly people love life. The Sannyasin is to love death. Are we to commit suicide then? Far from it. For suicides are not lovers of death, as it is often seen that when a man trying to commit suicide fails, he never attempts it for a second time. What is the love of death then? We must die that is certain; let us die than for a good cause. Let all our actions - eating, drinking and everything that we do - tend towards the sacrifice of our self. You nourish your body by eating. What good is there in doing that if you do not hold it as a sacrifice to the well being of others? You nourish your minds by reading books.