FOR THE DISTRACTED DEVOTEE :
1. Keep chanting off and on the Ishta Mantra before the images of the Lord even when not sitting in yogic asana.
2. Keep listening systematically to YouTube videos of the monks of the Ramakrishna Order and any other that you may like.
3. Listen to devotional music that does not infatuate the soul with its material trappings.
4. Keep looking at the forms in the photographs of Thakur-Ma-Swamiji and pray to them for light and love.
5. Donate a bit to the welfare causes of the Ramakrishna Mission.
6. Visit the Belur Math, Dakshineshwar, Kamarpukur, Joyrambati and Shihar as often as you can make it.
7. Read the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature on a systematic basis.
8. Seek the company of monks and serve them with self-dignity preserved.
9. Clean the images of the Lord at your home shrine and serve Him with love and devotion.
10. Observe at your homes the birthdays of the Holy Trinity and the Apostles, that is, Thakur, Ma and Thakur's 17 direct disciples.
11. Be hospitable to guests and keep up the tradition of our country. They are the guests of Thakur at your residence (idea : Gurudev Swami Gahanananda).
12. Keep something apart daily for the poor and the needy and see to it that you give them such when they are in need.
13. Daily read a few pages of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita / The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna / Sri Sri Ramakrishna Vachanamrita.
14. Form friendships with devotees and start a study circle that will meet weekly to discuss spiritual subjects.
15. Brush daily twice for a minute each on waking up and after dinner. Look after your health and stay fit and fine to be able to do the above distracted exercises.
Written by Sugata Bose
1. Keep chanting off and on the Ishta Mantra before the images of the Lord even when not sitting in yogic asana.
2. Keep listening systematically to YouTube videos of the monks of the Ramakrishna Order and any other that you may like.
3. Listen to devotional music that does not infatuate the soul with its material trappings.
4. Keep looking at the forms in the photographs of Thakur-Ma-Swamiji and pray to them for light and love.
5. Donate a bit to the welfare causes of the Ramakrishna Mission.
6. Visit the Belur Math, Dakshineshwar, Kamarpukur, Joyrambati and Shihar as often as you can make it.
7. Read the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature on a systematic basis.
8. Seek the company of monks and serve them with self-dignity preserved.
9. Clean the images of the Lord at your home shrine and serve Him with love and devotion.
10. Observe at your homes the birthdays of the Holy Trinity and the Apostles, that is, Thakur, Ma and Thakur's 17 direct disciples.
11. Be hospitable to guests and keep up the tradition of our country. They are the guests of Thakur at your residence (idea : Gurudev Swami Gahanananda).
12. Keep something apart daily for the poor and the needy and see to it that you give them such when they are in need.
13. Daily read a few pages of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita / The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna / Sri Sri Ramakrishna Vachanamrita.
14. Form friendships with devotees and start a study circle that will meet weekly to discuss spiritual subjects.
15. Brush daily twice for a minute each on waking up and after dinner. Look after your health and stay fit and fine to be able to do the above distracted exercises.
Written by Sugata Bose
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