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Swami Turiyananda

Whenever flowers were presented to the swami, he would place them before the picture of Sri Ramakrishna in the shrine, without smelling them, and without any comment. Gurudas asked," Don't you care for flowers, swami?" " Oh, yes," he said, " otherwise how could I offer them to the Master? But we never smell flowers before offering them to God."