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Swami Subodhananda

In the beginning Subodh did not accept the Master as an avatar, or divine incarnation. One day the Master asked him, " What do you think of me?" Subodh  replied:" People say many different things about you. I won't believe any of them until I find clear proof." At this the Master, who was egoless, said:" Very well. As a money changer checks a coin, likewise accept me after testing." In a letter written many years later, Swami Subodhananda said of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother: " If they don't want to reveal themselves, who can recognize them?" As he grew closer and closer to the Master, his conviction in Sri Ramakrishna's divinity gradually gained strength. One day when the Master advised Subodh to practise meditation, he replied:" Sir, I won't be able to do that. If I have to practise meditation, why should I come to you? I may as well go to some other guru." Understanding his inner feeling, the Master said:" All right, you will not have to practise meditation. But think of me in the morning and evening."