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Sri Ramakrishna, to the devotees: Why shouldn't it be possible in the world? But it is very hard. Janaka and others came into the world after attaining knowledge, and still there was fear! Even the householder who works without desire has cause to fear. When Janaka saw the Bhairavi he lowered his face; he shrank from looking at a woman! "Janaka," said the Bhairavi, "I see that knowledge has not yet come to you; you still feel the difference between man and woman." Be as sharp as you please: in a soot-filled room some smudge will settle on you.