Gospel | Chapter 7: Dec 14, 1882 (Part 1) | Swami Sarvapriyananda · Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda · Radar

Vishnu, Suicide, and Past-Life Tendencies1:00 – 7:06

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It was afternoon.

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Sri Ramakrishna was sitting on his bed after a short noonday rest.

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Vijay, Balaram, M, and a few other devotees were sitting, sitting on the floor with their faces toward the master.

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They could see the sacred river Ganges through the door.

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Since it was winter, all were wrapped up in warm clothes.

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Vijay had been st- suffering from colic and had brought some medicine with him.

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Vijay was a paid preacher in the Sadharan Brahma Samaj, but there were many things about which he could not agree with the Samaj authorities.

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He came from a very noble family of Bengal, noted for its piety and other spiritual qualities.

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Advaita Goswami, one of his remote ancestors, had been an intimate companion of Sri Chaitanya.

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Thus, the blood of a great lover of God flowed in Vijay's veins.

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As an adherent of the Brahma Samaj, Vijay no doubt meditated on the formless Brahman, but his innate love of God, inherited from his distinguished ancestors, had merely been waiting for the proper time to manifest itself in all its sweetness.

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Thus Vijay, who was irresistibly attracted by the God-intoxicated state of Sri Ramakrishna and often sought his company, he would listen to the master's words with great respect, and they would dance together in an ecstasy of divine love.

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2:44

It was a weekday.

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Generally, devotees came to the master in large numbers on Sundays.

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Hence, those who wanted to have intimate talks with him visited him on weekdays.

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2:59

A boy named Vishnu, living in Aryādha, had recently committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor.

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The talk turned to him.

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Master, I felt very badly when I heard of the boy's passing away.

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He was a pupil in a school, and he used to come here.

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He would often say to me that he couldn't enjoy worldly life.

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He had lived with some relatives in the western provinces and at that time used to meditate in solitude in the meadows, hills, and forests.

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He told me that he ha- he had visions of many divine forms.

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Perhaps this was his last birth.

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He must have finished most of his duties in his previous birth.

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The little that had been left undone was perhaps finished in this one.