Passage 7

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Rāṇī Rasamaṇi came and sat in that crowd. Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa was the priest in the temple of that same Rāṇī Rasamaṇi. He was speaking beautifully on the things of God. Rāṇī Rasamaṇi was nodding her head as though she were listening. But Rāmakṛṣṇa knew this well. He got up from his chair. He struck the seated Rāṇī Rasamaṇi once on the cheek. Everyone was astonished. What a madman this is. He is in her employ. He serves in her own temple. Insulting the queen so much before the people? ‘Is he mad, or what?’ many people wondered, in many ways. Why have those who came to this gathering come? They must listen well and attentively to what is said. They must put into practice what they have heard. But you come, sit in this gathering and go over the whole of tomorrow's court case? If you want to go over court matters like that, you must sit at home and go over them. Why come here? These words set a high ideal. Many people take part in gatherings. No one knows what was said or what it was about. They keep turning over this and that. So those who brood like that must not take part in gatherings. If you take part in a gathering, you must try to act on it to the letter. Rāmakṛṣṇa spread this truth beautifully that day, in a practical way.

So man's Dharmas must be this pure. It is not for this one earth alone. ‘Bhūr bhuvas suvaḥ’. For these three worlds too. What are these three worlds? In the deeds done by way of the body, in the thoughts thought by way of the mind, in the Ānanda enjoyed by way of the Ātma: in these three, Dharma gives light. That is Atmic Bliss. ‘Nityānandaṃ paramasukhadaṃ kevalaṃ jñānamūrtiṃ’: so full of Jñāna is the Ānanda of the Ātma. Dharma gives light to this Ānanda, to the joy of the mind and to the joy of the body. Dharma gives light to the three worlds. These three are in God's keeping.

Fourth: human effort. Suputraḥ kuladīpakaḥ. To his family, a good son brings light.