Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

hour of death. King Bharata quit his mortalframe remorsefully repeating, ‘Deer, deer’because he was grieving over his pet deer. Sohe was born as a deer in the next birth. For thisreason, day and night one should practicerepetition of the Name [12] , meditation,worship and other spiritual exercises. Onlythen, by virtue of practice, will one think of theLord at the hour of death. That is how oneattains the real nature of God after death.“Keshab Sen also asked me about the after-life.I said to him too, ‘What need have you for allthese calculations?’ And I added, ‘As long asone does not realize God, one has to repeatedlycome to this world.’ A potter dries his earthenpots and lids by putting them in the sun. If theyare trampled by goats or sheep, he throws awaythe baked and broken pots. However, he mixesthe unbaked ones with more clay and mouldsthem again into new vessels on the potter’swheel.”Chapter IIISri Ramakrishna and his blessings on a householder– signs of rajasThe master of the house has shown no sign ofoffering refreshments to Sri Ramakrishna. SriRamakrishna himself mentions it, saying –“Let’s have something to eat. I said to Jadu’s