GSRK-08 Sunday, December 30, 1883 At three oclock in the afternoon, while M. was walking up and down under a tree, a devotee came to him and said that the Master had sent for him. M. went to Sri Ramakrishnas room and found a number of devotees there. He saluted the Master. Ram, Kedār, and others had arrived from Calcutta. Ram had brought with him the Vedantist monk whom the Master had visited near his garden a few days earlier. On that occasion Sri Ramakrishna had asked him to bring the sādhu to Dakshineswar. The monk was sitting on the small couch with the Master. They were talking happily in Hindusthani. MASTER: What do you feel about all this? MONK: It is all like a dream. MASTER: Brahman alone is real and the world illusory. Well sir, what is Brahman? MONK: Brahman is the Sound. It is Om. MASTER: But there must be something indicated by the sound. Isnt that so? MONK: That Itself is the thing indicated as well as the indicator. At these words Sri Ramakrishna went into samādhi and sat motionless. The monk and the devotees looked wonderingly at him in his ecstatic condition. Kedār said to the monk: Look at him, sir. This is samādhi. The monk had read of samādhi but had never seen it before. After a few minutes the Master began gradually to come down to the normal plane of consciousness. He said to the Divine Mother: Mother, I want to be normal. Please dont make me unconscious. I should like to talk to the sādhu about Satchidananda. Mother, I want to be merry talking about Satchidananda. The monk was amazed to see the Masters condition and to hear these words. Sri Ramakrishna said to him: Please do away with your I am He. Let us now keep I and Thou to enjoy the fun. A little later the Master was walking in the Panchavati with Ram, Kedār, M., and the other devotees. MASTER (to Kedār, with a smile): What did you think of the sādhu? KEDĀR: It is all dry knowledge. The pot has just been put on the fire, but as yet there is no rice in it. MASTER: That may be true. But he has renounced everything. He who has renounced the world has already made great progress. The sādhu belongs to the stage of the beginner. Nothing can be achieved without the realization of God. When a man is intoxicated with ecstatic love of God, he dosnt take delight in anything else. Then- Cherish my precious Mother Syama Tenderly within, O mind; May you and I alone behold Her, Letting no one else intrude. Kedār repeated the words of a song in keeping with the Masters feeling: How shall I open my heart, O friend? It is forbidden me to speak. I am about to die, for lack of a kindred soul To understand my misery. . . . Sri Ramakrishna returned to his room. About four oclock the door of the Kāli temple was opened, and the Master walked to the temple with the monk; M. accompanied them. Entering the inner chamber, the Master prostrate himself reverently before the image. The monk, with folded hands, also bowed his head repeatedly before Kāli. MASTER: What do you think of Kāli? MONK (with devotion): Kāli is supreme. MASTER: Kāli and Brahman are identical. Is that not so? MONK: As long as ones mind is turned to the outer world, one must accept Kāli. As long as a man sees the outer world, and discriminates between good and evil, he must accept good and reject evil. To be sure, all names and forms are illusory; but as long as the mind sees the outer world, the aspirant must give up woman. The ideas of good and evil are applied to one who is still a student on the path; otherwise he will stray from the path of righteousness. Thus conversing, the Master and the monk returned from the temple. MASTER (to M.): Did you notice that the sādhu bowed before Kāli? M: Yes, sir. THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA, CH.18
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