Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

Having said this, Thakur begins to laugh. Thenhe tells how many good qualities Captain has.Sri Ramakrishna — Captain is a man of manyvirtues – he regularly performs daily rituals, hehimself worships the family deity, he repeatsthe sacred mantras while taking his bath. Howmany more devotions Captain observes! He is agreat man of ritual – worship, repetition ofName, arati and chanting of sacred hymns – heattends to all these daily devotions.Captain and learning – Captain and Thakur’s state“I reprimanded Captain. I said, ‘You are beingmessed up by your study of books. Don’t readanymore.’“Captain described my state of being as that ofa bird soaring in the firmament. There are thesetwo – the Supreme Soul [9] and the individualsoul [10] . The individual soul is like a bird andthe Supreme Soul is like the sky, the sky ofConsciousness [11] . Captain said, ‘Yourindividual soul soars in the sky ofConsciousness and thus you enter intosamadhi.’ (Smiling) Captain spoke ill ofBengalis. He said, ‘Bengalis are blockheads.The gem [meaning Sri Ramakrishna] livesclose by but they do not recognize it.’ ”Householder devotee and Sri Ramakrishna – how