Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

creature comforts. The body, mind and soul,which are meant to realize God [8] , should notbe pulled down for insignificant things.Someone said, ‘Savi is on top of the worldthese days – she is so well off! She has rented ahouse and has so many things: cow dungcakes [9] , a wooden cot, some cooking utensils,bedding, finely woven mats and pillows. Manymen are under her spell and visit her often.’ Inother words, Savi has taken to prostitution.That is why she has all these conveniences.Before, she was a maid in a respectablehousehold. Now she has become a prostitute.She has ruined herself for such insignificantthings.”Temptations during the spiritual practices of SriRamakrishna – knowledge of Brahman and intellectof differentiationSri Ramakrishna and Islam“During my spiritual practices, whilemeditating, I used to see many other kinds ofvisions. Once I was meditating under the beltree. Sin, taking the form of a man, appearedbefore me and tried to tempt me in differentways. He had come in the form of a whitesoldier. He wanted to tempt me with money,name and fame, sexual pleasure and differentkinds of powers. I began to call out to theDivine Mother – this is a great secret – She