Inspiration on Taking Refuge

Sri Ramakrishna demonstrated the meaning of devotion and achieved the epitome of its success to such an extent that it could be defined only by one word. In the Bengali language it was termed Vyakulata, sincerity, deep sincere longing, so intense that one can think of nothing else.

Sri Ramakrishna speaking on surrender says, "In this world of objects and relationships we want to surrender our soul. This is God's desire. He has placed us in this world of objects and relationships. What can we do? We want to surrender it all to God, even our own souls. If we do so, there is no more confusion or conflict. Then you will see that He is doing everything. Everything is God's desire." -- Ramakrishna: the Nectar of Eternal Bliss

With the blessings of our Gurus, we continued to make japa of the Sharanagata Mantra in 2008 and have offered more than 150,000 mantras. Thank You! The Japa totals as of February 14th 2008 are as follows:

Ambika	3240
Ananda Kaanta	56160
Aparna	5076
Brindavanshakti	2268
Devi	19332
Eric	2484
Jennifer	6156
Jun	2376
Kalachandra	4104
Kaliananda	2592
Kanda	3024
Leela	4212
Morningsong	3996
Nanda	1080
Parvati	4104
Ramya	2592
Rosario	2052
Sivakumar	2592
Srini	4104
Usha	24948
Total	156492