मास्टर महाशय के समकालीन, ठाकुर जी के अन्य गृहस्थ शिष्यों में बलराम भी शामिल हैं। वह उड़ीसा से ताल्लुक रखते हैं और भगवान जगन्नाथ के निष्ठावान भक्त हैं। वह कलकत्ता में रहते हैं लेकिन हर साल रथ यात्रा के दौरान पुरी जाते हैं। एक अवसर पर, उन्हें लगता है, “हमें पुरी क्यों जाना चाहिए? हम …
Other Discussions during the session: There is a story about the wishes we wish. Once there was a victorious king (Baadshah), who had defeated many kings and was crossing a desert to conquer other lands. On the way, they saw some vegetation, amidst the grand sand dunes. A way was narrow. A man lay across …
Master Mahashay comes to Thakur Ji and asks, “Is it wrong to earn money?” As he is a householder, his question is quite genuine. Thakur Ji replies, “No, it is not.” Then he asks, “Is it wrong to earn more money by working harder?” Thakur Ji replies, “No, it is not.” Then, Master Mahashay says, “Why do you remain away from money? Money stings …
On one of the weekends, Master Mahashay comes to Dakshineshwar. He is a married man and has a different perspective on life. While Thakur Ji is also married and both (Mother and Thakur Ji) are sannyasi. One day, Master Mahashya is upset. Narendra and other young boys are sitting before Thakur Ji, and Master Mahashay is sitting aloof. (Narendra, later called Swami Vivekananda. Thakur Ji has said, “Narendra is a lotus in the entire ocean of …
Master Mahashay is sitting with Thakur Ji, and Thakur Ji asks him, “Is your wife a Vidya Shakti or Avidya Shakti?” Master Mahashay is tensed and says, “She is Avidya Shakti. She is illiterate.” Thakur Ji scolds him and says, “Are you Vidya Shakti? Have you realized your self attaining your education? The biggest obstacle in your journey is your education. ‘Earn to learn’ makes you worthless. You merely think …
Master Mahashay returns to Dakshineshwar during his holidays. Ramlal is cutting Thakur Ji’s hair. Master Mahashay enters the room and prostrates before Thakur Ji. Before, Master Mahashay used to join his hands and greet Thakur Ji, but now he has learned the action of prostration. Thakur Ji asks him, “Are you married?” Master Mahashay replies, “Yes, I’m married and have children.” Thakur Ji says to Ramlal, “Oh Ramlal! He is married and has children as well.” Master Mahashay thinks, “Is …
Thakur Ji’s mother is about to leave the physical abode. Maa Sharda Mani is sitting near her feet, massaging them, and Thakur Ji is sitting near his mother’s head and massaging gently. It is quarter past three early in the morning. Soon, mother enunciates, “Om” a smile adorns her face, and she leaves the body. As Thakur Ji is a sannyasi, with due permission …
This is the story of how Keshav Chandra Sen lived, dipped in love for his Satguru, and departed in flying colors. Queen Victoria is ruling British India. Keshav Chandra Sen and Vijay Krishna Goswami have met the Queen in Britain. Even the queen has come to meet them in Calcutta. Brahma Samaj is flourishing extravagantly. Keshav Chandra Sen and Vijay Krishna Goswami have established the organization to create reforms …
Following are some excerpt from the discourse in the session: It is essential to let the bhakti blossom within our hearts rather than searching Lord like a wanderer. Manu Ji and Sathroopa Ji once asked Lord, “We want you as our son.” Lord said, “If I come, Maya shall come as well. It is an inseparable part.” Manu Ji and Sathroopa Ji thought for a while and …
Mother Sharda Mani in Jairam Bati is hearing rumors about her husband. People say, “You have married an insane man. He is crazy.” After attaining teenage, she asks permission from her parents, “Father and mother, shall I go to Dakshineshwar?” They allow her. There is a group of pilgrims going to the Himalayas crossing Dakshineshwar. She packs her meager requirements and leaves with the group …