GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
omnipotence of God and had lifted me above the world of phenomena. Another day I went to the parade-ground to see the ascension of a balloon. Suddenly my Divinity everywhere. eyes fell upon a young English boy leaning against a tree. The very posture of his body brought before me the vision of the form of Krishna and I went into Samadhi. Again I saw a woman wearing a blue garment under a tree. She was a harlot. As I looked at her, instantly the ideal of Sita [1] appeared before me! I forgot the existence of the harlot, but saw before me pure and spotless Sita, approaching Rama, the Incarnation of Divinity, and for a long time I remained motionless. I worshipped all women as representatives of the Divine Mother. I realized the Mother of the universe in every woman's form.
Mathura Babu, the son-in-law of Rashmoni, invited me to stay in his house for a few days. At that time I felt so strongly that I was the maid-servant of my Divine Mother that I thought of myself as a woman. The ladies of the house had the same feeling; they did not
- ↑ Sita was the consort of Rama, the Divine Incarnation and the Hero of Ramayana. She was the perfect type of womanhood according to the Hindus.
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