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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
Mahendranath Datta, Swami Vivekananda's younger brother, was eye-witness to one incident relating to this, and has described it. Habu Datta, Swamiji's elder cousin was an accomplished musician. He was also without peer in his addiction to drugs and alcohol. There was no drug or liquor which he had not tried. On a sudden impulse, Swamiji brought him to Cossipore to see Sri Rama krishna. Sri Ramakrishna was in the last stages of his illness and very weak. Despite all this, Swamiji told him that he must touch Habu, perhaps thinking that his touch would change Habu's character as it had that of others. Sri Ramakrishna, however, was reluctant to use his power in Habu's case. He ( Master ) said, 'Have you no sense? Don't you see my condition? Any moment I can die.' But Swami Vivekananda would not listen--he kept insisting. Then suddenly Sri Ramakrishna touched Habu, and Habu at once was lost in samadhi. The samadhi was so deep that it continued for hours. Habu sat as a stone. Swamiji became worried. Perhaps that touch had killed Habu! He started to push and shove Habu, telling him, 'Stand up! I've prepared sorne gånjá (marijuana) for you. Will you smoke it?" After a long time Habu said slowly, 'Why do you speak of gânjā? I was absorbed so long in that intoxicant, not some drug like gânjă. I do not want gānjā any more. He had discovered that compared to the Bliss of Brahman, worldly bliss is nothing. |
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