Sri Sarada DeviA Sadhu must be always alert. His path is very slippery, and a slippery path has to be trodden with exceedingly careful steps. Is it fun to become a Sannyasin? He must not even look at a woman and when he walks along the street, his eyes should be fixed on his big toes. Just as the collar of a dog saves it from being killed as a street dog, even so does the ochre-robe of a Sannyasin save him from harm.
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If one lives amidst objects of enjoyment one is naturally overcome by them. Do not cast your eyes even on a wooden representation of a woman or even go near it.
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Disciple: “Mother, no bad ideas come to my mind.”
With a start she stopped him and said,
“Don’t say that. One must not say such a thing.”
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One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak even an unpleasant truth unnecessarily. By indulging in rude words, one’s nature becomes coarse. One’s sensibility is lost if one has not control over one’s speech. Sri Ramakrishna used to say, “One should not ask a lame person how he went lame.”
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Whenever you go from one place to another, observe the things around you, and also keep yourself well-informed about what happens in the place where you live. But keep your lips shut.
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Beware, don’t involve yourself in worldliness on the plea of serving your mother.
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As death is always uncertain, one should carry out pious intentions whenever the opportunity presents itself, without waiting for a particular time. Death does not make any distinction of time. Give up this dry discussion, this hotch- potch of philosophy. Who has been able to know God by reasoning?
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