Some Glimpses of Ramakrishna-Part VII (Continued)

A knower of Brahman is not affected by disease, suffering, or grief. He remains unperturbed in happiness and misery, good and evil. Although he has a body, he trans-cends body-consciousness. The Master used to say that two persons lived inside him—the Divine Mother and a devotee. It was the devotee who had cancer. But he had the power and ability to move his mind back and forth at any time between the human and divine planes.

The Master was very fond of Keshab Sen. When Keshab died at the age of 45, the Master wept and remained in bed for three days covering himself with a chadar. He said, 'My brain is boiling like hot water.' When Keshab's son visited Dakshineswar, the Master embraced him and wept. When our dearest one dies we cry, and so did the Master. M. said:

'When the news of Adhar Sen's death reached the Master, I was in his room. He immediately went into samadhi. Regaining normal consciousness, he wept and said to the Divine Mother: "Mother, you asked me to stay in the world with the devotees, cherishing devotion. Now look, how much pain I have."

To be continued
About the author

Swami Chetananda

The author is the Minister-in-charge of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, USA. He is well-known for his numerous books in Bengali and English particularly God Lived With Them and They Lived With God. His recent English translation of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leelaprasanga titled Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play has received wide acclaim.

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