##25 (Vivekananda) Faith In Ramakrishna

In order to take Vedas To the ignorant masses, Narendra required preachers To go to different places. He encouraged his brothers To study deeply Vedas, As thru’ these disciples, It could reach the masses. First to solve their poverty There was a dire necessity To follow the developed West By the under developed East. Between the West and the East He wanted a bridge to be built, To solve many problems faced By material and spiritual world. The West looked at the East For their spiritual progress, While the East faced the West, For their material prospects. Narendra came in between The East and the West then As a religious messenger, To fulfill his Master’s desire. It so happened one day When he was on his way To Varanasi, he had met A realized senior saint. Pavhari Baba was his name, Narendra spent sometime To discuss a few points And learn yoga from this saint. The saint didn’t tell Narendra A word on the practice of yoga, But in his vision, at that time, His Guru Ramakrishna came. The Guru gazed at his eyes For nearly twenty one days. This feeling opened his eyes On the Guru’s earlier days. Though his Guru was no more His instructions were still there Which had he really followed He wouldn’t have suffered. He prayed Guru for pardon And started doing meditation. This time with no fears, Nor with any more doubts.