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Thought for the Week

As soon as Kali heard about the Baranagore Monastery he returned to Calcutta and joined the brotherhood. The southernmost room of the second floor was used for meditation and study and was known as Kali Tapasvi’s room since Kali secluded himself there during most of the day. An ascetic by nature, he ate vegetarian food, wore no shoes, and shunned peoples’ company. He spent his time in meditation, studying the scriptures, and composing some Sanskrit hymns on Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother. One day Kali visited Holy Mother at her residence at Nilambar Babu’s house in Belur and read a hymn that he had composed about her: Prakritim paramam abhayam varadam, etc. After listening to the hymn, Holy Mother blessed him saying, “May Saraswati, the Goddess of learning, sit on your tongue.

(p.458, God lived with them, Swami Abhedananda was born at 21 Nimu Goswami Lane, Ahiritola, North Calcutta.)