Motto: Atmano mokshartham jagad hitaya cha, liberation and for the Newsletter of the Vedanta Centres of Australia welfare of the world.” Vedanta Centre of Sydney, 2 Stewart Street, Ermington, NSW 2115, Australia. Website: www.vedantasydney.org; e-mails:
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[email protected] Other websites: www.spiritualbookstore.org.au, www.spiritualbookstore.com.au Phone: (02) 8197 7351; Fax: (+612) 8197 7352. Discrimination and Dispassion One is safe to live in the world, if one has Viveka (discrimination of the Real from the Unreal), and Vairagya (dispassion), and along with these intense devotion to God. — Sri Ramakrishna Great sayings: Words of Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda; The R. M. Institute of Culture; Kolkata; p. 3. Steady the mind The mind is by nature restless. Therefore, at the outset, to make the mind steady, one may practise meditation by regulating the breathing a little. That helps to steady the mind. But one must not overdo it. That heats the brain. You may talk of the vision of God, or of meditation, but remember, the mind is everything. One gets everything when the mind becomes steady. What is the good in doing Japa for a whole day if there is no concentration of mind? Collectedness of one's mind is essential, then only His grace descends. — Sri Sarada Devi The front and side view of Sri Ramakrishna Temple at the Teachings of Sri Sarada Devi The Holy Ramakrishna Math, Niralanagar, Lucknow, U.P. India. Mother; Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai p. 49 and The Gospel of The Holy Mother – p.