Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

now reaped my actions of living in hell.’The Householder Devotee — I don’t likeworldly life. Oh, how happy you are here!The Devotee who has Renounced — Why doyou talk so much about it? Go out and enjoythe world to your fill.Sashi performs worship in Thakur’s shrineafter nine o’clock.It is about eleven o’clock. The brothers of themonastery return, after a dip in the Ganges.They put on clean cloths and enter the shrineone by one to pay obeisance to Thakur and tomeditate.After food has been offered to Thakur, thebrothers of the monastery sit down to eat it. M.eats with them.It is now twilight. Arati is performed afterincense is burnt. Rakhal, Sashi, the ElderGopal and Harish are sitting in the ‘Demons’room [5] ’. M. is also there. Rakhal asks thatgreat care be taken while keeping Thakur’sfood.Rakhal (to Sashi and the others) — One day Itook my meal before Thakur ate. Looking atme, he said, ‘I can’t even look at your face!Why did you do such a thing?’ I began to cry.The Elder Gopal — Once at Cossipore I