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The enclosed incident has been taken from the book: Spiritual Treasures – Letters of Swami Turiyananda.
To live with Sri Ramakrishna was a great education. He taught the disciples how to attain perfection in service as well as samadhi. Swami Turiyananda later recalled:
One day at Dakshineswar, the Master said to me: “Go to the Panchavati. Some devotees had a picnic there. See if they have left anything behind. If you find anything, bring it here.”
I went and found an umbrella in one place, a knife in another place, and some other articles. I gathered them up and took them to the Master. The knife had been borrowed from him.
I was just placing it on the shelf when he said: “Where are you putting it? No, not there. Put it underneath this small bedstead. That is where it belongs.
You must put everything in its proper place. Suppose I need the knife during the night. If you put it anywhere you please, I will have to go around the room in the dark, stretching out my arms in search of it, wondering where you put it.
Is such a service, service? No! You do things as you like and thereby only cause trouble. If you want to serve properly, you should completely forget yourself.”
– As told by Swami Turiyananda, the direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
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