GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
you are a deep thinker. Keshab and yourself were like the brothers Gour[1] (Chaitanya) and Netai.[2] You have had enough of this world — enough of lectures, controversies, schisms and the rest. Do you still care for them? Now, it is high time for you to collect your scattered mind and turn towards God. Plunge into the ocean of Divinity. Mozoomdar: Yes, Revered Sir, that I ought to do. There is no doubt about it. But all this I do simply to preserve Keshab 's name and reputation.
Ramakrishna (smiling): You believe that you are doing all this, as you say, for Keshab, but Story of a man and his cottage. after a while this idea will change and you will think differently. Let me tell you a story. A man built a cottage on a mountain-top. It cost him hard labor and much money. After a few days there arose a cyclone and the cottage began to rock to and fro. He was very anxious to save
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