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Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

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“Even then, it is not spared. Last of all, stringsare made with its intestines and the cardermakes bows to card cotton. Then it no longersays, ‘I, I.’ Instead it says ‘Tuhu Tuhu’ (you,you). It is only when it says ‘You, you’ that itis spared. ‘Oh Lord, I am Your servant, Youare my Master. I am your son, you are myMother.’“Rama asked Hanuman, ‘With what attitude doyou look on me?’ Hanuman replied, ‘Rama,when I have the feeling of ‘I’, I look upon youas the whole and myself as your part; you arethe Master and I your servant. And Rama,when I attain the knowledge of the Absolute, Isee that You are I and I am You.’“The idea of Master and servant is good. Theego won’t vanish, so let the rascal remain a‘servant I’.”Instruction to Vidyasagar: I and mine are ignorance“I and mine: these are both born of ignorance.My house, my money, my learning, all theseare my riches – this feeling is a result ofignorance. Oh Lord, You are the doer and allthese belong to You – house, family, sons,children, acquaintances, and friends. Such afeeling arises from knowledge.“One must always remember death. Death willbe the end of everything. You have come hereto perform some actions, the way villagers

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