Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

is brought inside a room that has been lyingdark for a thousand years, it is illuminated in amoment.“And then there are some devotees whosuddenly attain God-vision; they are calledhathatsiddha. For example, a poor man’s son issuddenly noticed by a rich man. The aristocratgives him his daughter in marriage, along withland, house, carriage, servants and maids – henow owns them all.“And then some devotees are perfected in adream; they are called svapnasiddha. Theyattain the vision of God in a dream.”Surendra (laughing) — Then I’ll go to sleepnow. I’ll wake up an aristocrat.Sri Ramakrishna (affectionately) — You arealready an aristocrat. Add the vowel ‘a’ to theletter ‘k,’ it becomes ‘ka’. It is futile to addanother vowel ‘a’ to it. But even if you do, itwill still be ‘ka’. (All laugh.)“The nityasiddha is of an altogether differentclass. He is, for instance, like tinder stick [54] .Rub it a little and it produces fire. Even withoutrubbing, it gives fire. The nityasiddha realizesGod with very little spiritual disciplines,sometimes without performing any spiritualpractices at all.“However, the nityasiddha, does practice