Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

Section XIVSri Ramakrishna in theCompany of Devotees atBalaram’s HouseChapter IThakur’s description of his spiritual practicesSri Ramakrishna is seated with the devotees inBalaram’s sitting room in Calcutta. Girish, M.and Balaram are present. One by one theYounger Naren, Paltu, Dwija, Purna,Mahendra Mukherji and a number of otherdevotees arrive. Trailokya Sanyal, Gopal Senand several other devotees of the BrahmoSamaj show up, one after the other. Manywomen devotees have come. Seated behind astraw curtain, they have the darshan of Thakur.Mohini’s wife [1] is there. She is nearly madwith grief for her dead son. She and manyothers stricken with sorrow have the faith thatthey will find peace by coming in contact withThakur.It is Sunday, 12 April 1885, the first ofVaishakh, the 13 th day of the dark fortnight ofChaitra. The time is about three o’clock.When he enters, M. sees Thakur sitting withthe devotees. He is describing his own spiritualpractices and a variety of states of mind. M.salutes Thakur and sits close to him at his