GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
leave their seats. With heads upraised and eager ears they listened to the sweet Name of the Lord chanted by the Bhagavan, sweeter as repeated by Him than by any whom they had ever heard before. Yes, they had never heard another child calling out so sweetly to its mother, saying, "Mother, Mother!" It seemed as if drops of nectar fell from the lips of the Bhagavan. The infinite sky, the heaven-kiss- ing mountain, the deep blue ocean, the bound- less expanse, the deep dense wilderness — what was the use now of going to them in quest of the Divine Father and Mother of the universe? What was the use of fixing one's attention on the "cow's horn" or her feet or any other part of her body? The Master had spoken to-day of the udder of the cow from which to draw the milk of Divine Love. Was it indeed given to those present to behold the vision of God-In-carnate in that very room? What else could have brought into the hearts of the disciples — of those that were weary and heavy-laden — the perfect peace and the joy that are of the Lord? What else could have made this vale of tears overflow with joy? Was it possible that the Man before them was God-Incarnate? Whether He was or not ; their minds and hearts
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