{"id":7294,"date":"2018-10-10T20:41:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruquote.net\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2018-10-10T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T20:41:01","slug":"ramakrishna-paramhansa-and-swami-vivekananda-first-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruquote.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/10\/ramakrishna-paramhansa-and-swami-vivekananda-first-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda First Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Vivekananda came to Ramakrishna his name was still Narendranath — later on Ramakrishna named him Vivekananda. When he came to Ramakrishna he was extremely argumentative, an atheist, a rationalist. He wanted proof for everything.\u00a0 There are some things that have no proof — it cannot be helped. There is no proof for godliness: it is, and yet there is no proof. There is no proof for love. It is, and yet there is no proof. There is no proof for beauty. It is, and yet there is no proof.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

If I say, “Look how beautiful these ironwood trees are,” and you say, “I don’t see any beauty — Trees are just trees. Prove it!,” it will be difficult. How can one prove they are beautiful? To be beautiful you need a sense of beauty — there is no other way. You need eyes — there is no other way. It is reported that Majnu said, “To know Laila you will need the eyes of Majnu.” It is true; to see Laila there is no other way.\u00a0 The king of his area called Majnu and said. “You are mad! I know your Laila — an ordinary girl, jet black — nothing special.<\/p>\n

I feel sorry for you, so here are twelve girls from my palace — they are the most beautiful women of the country. You can chose any one you like. Seeing you cry, my heart also cries. ”\u00a0 Majnu looked at them and said, “There is no Laila among them. They cannot even be compared to Laila, they are not even worth the dust of her feet.”\u00a0 The king said, “Majnu, you are mad…!”\u00a0 Majnu said, “That may be so, but I must tell you one thing: to see Laila you will need the eyes of Majnu.”\u00a0 Majnu is right. To see the beauty of trees you need an eye for art — there is no other proof.<\/p>\n

If one wants to know love, one will need the heart of a lover — there is no other proof. And godliness is the collective name of all the beauty, all the love and all the truth of this universe. For it an unwavering consciousness is needed, a witnessing is needed… where no word remains, no thought remains, no wave arises… where no mental dust remains and the mirror of consciousness is perfectly pure. What proof?\u00a0 Vivekananda told Ramakrishna, “I want proof. If God exists then prove it!”<\/p>\n

Ramakrishna looked at Vivekananda. This youth had great promise, great potential; much was ready to happen within him. There was a great treasure with which Vivekananda was unacquainted. Ramakrishna looked into, peered into, the past lives of this youth. Vivekananda had come carrying a great treasure, a great treasure of integrity, but it was suppressed under his logic. Seeing this, a cry of anguish and compassion must have risen from Ramakrishna’s heart. He said, “Forget all this. We’ll talk about proof and such things later on. I have become a little old, I have difficulty reading; you are young, you eyes are still strong — read from the book lying there.”<\/p>\n

It was the Ashtavakra Gita. “Read a little out loud to me.”\u00a0 It is said that Vivekananda saw nothing wrong in this, this fellow was not requesting anything special. He read three or four sutras and every cell began trembling. He started to panic and he said, “I cannot read on.”\u00a0 Ramakrishna insisted, ” Go ahead and read. What harm can there be in it? How can this book hurt you? You are young, your eyes are still fresh, and I am old, it is hard for me to read. I must hear this book — read it out to me.”<\/p>\n

It is said that Vivekananda kept on reading aloud from the book — and disappeared in meditation. Ramakrishna had seen great potential in this youth, a very promising potential, like that of a bodhisattva who one day or other is destined to become a buddha. Sooner or later, no matter how much he wanders, he is approaching buddhahood. When Vivekananda came to Ramakrishna his name was still Narendranath — later on Ramakrishna named him Vivekananda. When he came to Ramakrishna he was extremely argumentative, an atheist, a rationalist.<\/p>\n

He wanted proof for everything.\u00a0 There are some things that have no proof — it cannot be helped. There is no proof for godliness: it is, and yet there is no proof. There is no proof for love. It is, and yet there is no proof. There is no proof for beauty. It is, and yet there is no proof.\u00a0 If I say, “Look how beautiful these ironwood trees are,” and you say, “I don’t see any beauty — Trees are just trees. Prove it!,” it will be difficult. How can one prove they are beautiful? To be beautiful you need a sense of beauty — there is no other way. You need eyes — there is no other way.<\/p>\n

It is reported that Majnu said, “To know Laila you will need the eyes of Majnu.” It is true; to see Laila there is no other way.\u00a0 The king of his area called Majnu and said. “You are mad! I know your Laila — an ordinary girl, jet black — nothing special. I feel sorry for you, so here are twelve girls from my palace — they are the most beautiful women of the country. You can chose any one you like. Seeing you cry, my heart also cries. ”\u00a0 Majnu looked at them and said, “There is no Laila among them. They cannot even be compared to Laila, they are not even worth the dust of her feet.”<\/p>\n

The king said, “Majnu, you are mad…!”\u00a0 Majnu said, “That may be so, but I must tell you one thing: to see Laila you will need the eyes of Majnu.”\u00a0 Majnu is right. To see the beauty of trees you need an eye for art — there is no other proof. If one wants to know love, one will need the heart of a lover — there is no other proof. And godliness is the collective name of all the beauty, all the love and all the truth of this universe. For it an unwavering consciousness is needed, a witnessing is needed… where no word remains, no thought remains, no wave arises… where no mental dust remains and the mirror of consciousness is perfectly pure. What proof?<\/p>\n

Vivekananda told Ramakrishna, “I want proof. If God exists then prove it!”\u00a0 Ramakrishna looked at Vivekananda. This youth had great promise, great potential; much was ready to happen within him. There was a great treasure with which Vivekananda was unacquainted. Ramakrishna looked into, peered into, the past lives of this youth. Vivekananda had come carrying a great treasure, a great treasure of integrity, but it was suppressed under his logic. Seeing this, a cry of anguish and compassion must have risen from Ramakrishna’s heart.<\/p>\n

He said, “Forget all this. We’ll talk about proof and such things later on. I have become a little old, I have difficulty reading; you are young, you eyes are still strong — read from the book lying there.” It was the Ashtavakra Gita. “Read a little out loud to me.”\u00a0 It is said that Vivekananda saw nothing wrong in this, this fellow was not requesting anything special. He read three or four sutras and every cell began trembling. He started to panic and he said, “I cannot read on.”\u00a0 Ramakrishna insisted, ” Go ahead and read.<\/p>\n

What harm can there be in it? How can this book hurt you? You are young, your eyes are still fresh, and I am old, it is hard for me to read. I must hear this book — read it out to me.”\u00a0 It is said that Vivekananda kept on reading aloud from the book — and disappeared in meditation. Ramakrishna had seen great potential in this youth, a very promising potential, like that of a bodhisattva who one day or other is destined to become a buddha. 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