A CERTAIN sadhu lived for some time in the
room above the nahavat-khana (concert-room) of
the temple of Dakshineswar. He did not speak with
anybody and spent his whole time in the
meditation of God. One day, all of a sudden, a
cloud darkened the sky and shortly afterwards a
high wind blew away the cloud. The holy man now
came out of his room and began to laugh and
dance in the verandah in front of the concertroom.
Upon this I asked him, "How is it that you,
who spend your days so quietly in your room, are
dancing in joy and feel so jolly today?" The holy
man replied, "Such is Maya that envelops the life!"
At first there is clear sky, all of a sudden a cloud
darkens it and presently everything is as before
once more.
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