Ome Tava Khadha-Mritam, Tapta-Jivanam, Kavivetam, Kalma-Shapha'amangalamanghalam Shreya, Bhuvigrinandhii Bharidhāra.

In this class we study the Gospel of Sre-Rama Krishna, which is the English translation of the Bengali

Sri Sri Rama Krishna Kathamrata, which is the dialogues of Sri Ramakrishna teachings as recorded by M. Mahindranath Gupta.

And we were on 29th March 1883.

So this is the section which begins on page 194.

But we had already started that.

We read half of it last time.

So I'm going to start on page 196. I have read this part but I'll read it

again. We haven't discussed it. So the way we usually do this is we read a little bit, I

comment upon it and it's an informal class so people can raise their hands and

give the observations, raise issues, ask questions and discuss things.

And congratulations to all of you though you're the brave few in this inclement weather.

All right.

So page 196.

Srirama Krishna is saying to Amrita and Treylock

Youngsters like Narendra and Rakhal are ever perfect.

Every time they are born, they are devoted to God.

An ordinary man acquires a little devotion

after austerities and a hard struggle. But these boys have love of God from the

very moment of their birth. They are like the natural image of Shiva which

springs forth from the earth and is not set up by human hands. The ever-perfect form are clasped by themselves.

Not all birds have crooked beaks.

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