Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

the room. After some time Thakur speaks toM. in his sweet voice.Sri Ramakrishna — Well, how is the Doctordoing? Is he now accepting more ideas fromhere?M. — How can an imperishable seed be lost? Itmust sprout somewhere some time. I still laughat what happened the other day.Sri Ramakrishna — What was that?M. — You said, ‘Jadu Mallick becomes soabsent-minded that he can’t tell whether thereis salt in his food or not. If anybody tells himthere is no salt in such and such item, heexclaims, ‘Why, what? No salt?’ ’ You told theDoctor about it. He also used to say, ‘I becomeso absent-minded.’ You made him understandthat his absent-mindedness comes fromthinking of worldly things; it is not because ofmeditation on God.Sri Ramakrishna — Will he not reflect on thesewords?M. — How can he help but think about them?But he remains busy in numerous activities, sohe forgets many things. Today, too, you repliedto him nicely when he said, ‘In Tantricdiscipline one looks on the ramani [24] as