Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

‘Don’t go to Dakshineswar and swears, ‘Youwill be drinking my blood if you ever gothere...’One may go against the advice of one’s superior forGod’s sakeSri Ramakrishna — The mother who says sucha thing is not a mother. She is the image ofignorance. There is no harm in not listening tosuch a mother. Such a mother places hurdles inthe way of God-realization. There is no harm indisobeying the Guru for the sake of God.Bharata did not listen to Kaikeyi for the sake ofRama. The gopis did not listen to theirhusbands when they forbade them the darshanof Krishna. Prahlada did not listen to his father.King Bali did not listen to his guru,Shukracharya, for love of God. Bibhishana didnot listen to Ravana, his elder brother, to reachRama.“You must listen to everything they say exceptin the matter of walking the path to God. Letme see your hand.”Saying this, Sri Ramakrishna seems to weighTarak’s hand. After awhile he says, “There is alittle hurdle. But it will pass in time. Pray toHim and visit this place now and then. Youwill get rid of it. Have you rented theBowbazar house in Calcutta?”Tarak — Not I. They have done it.