I felt that for some mischief, I had had to be sent away from Siva. I used to play with my syce, at being a Dairagi, clothed in ashes and Kaupina.Īnd if a Sadhu came to beg, they would lock me in upstairs to prevent my giving too much away. I have such a memory of when I was only two years old. My father and mother fasted and prayed for years. Raised me up from the dust of the earth, and set me working out the great plan laid out by those great ancestors of ours. The more I have studied the past, the more I have looked back, more and more has this pride come to me and it has given me the strength and courage of conviction. I am one of the proudest men ever born, but let me tell you frankly, it is not for myself, but on account of my ancestry. It has been one of the principles of my life not to be ashamed of my own ancestors. I am proud of my race, proud of my ancestors, I am proud to call myself a Hindu. I am not ashamed of my race, or my birth or nationality. The present writer is an insignificant servant of Sri Ramakrishna.
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