Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

worldly things.Sri Ramakrishna — Now I see you understandwell that the world is ephemeral. Well, tell me,what do you think of Hazra?Mani — Oh, he is a man of a particular type.(Thakur laughs.)Sri Ramakrishna — Well, do you knowanybody similar to me?Mani — No, sir.Sri Ramakrishna — Any paramahamsa [11]similar to me?Mani — No, sir. You are incomparable.Sri Ramakrishna (smiling) — Have you heardof the ‘achina tree’?Mani — No, sir.Sri Ramakrishna — It is a special kind of tree,but nobody can recognize it.Mani — Sir, you cannot be recognized either.The more one understands you, the more hewill progress.Mani is silent and says to himself, “Thakur hastalked of the ‘sun at dawn’ and the ‘achinatree’. Do these indicate an incarnation of God?Is it God’s sport as a human being? Is Thakur