The text of the Aratrika hymns, the four vesper songs sung worldwide in the centres of the Ramakrishna Order. The Ramanam includes a complete version of the "Varnanam" as well as the four traditional songs. Text in Sanskrit with transliteration, English translation, and guide to pronunciation.
The important thing is how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free from matter, body and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.
-Swami Vivekananda