In order to take Vedas <br />To the ignorant masses, <br />Narendra required preachers <br />To go to different places. <br /> <br />He encouraged his brothers <br />To study deeply Vedas, <br />As thru’ these disciples, <br />It could reach the masses. <br /> <br />First to solve their poverty <br />There was a dire necessity <br />To follow the developed West <br />By the under developed East. <br /> <br />Between the West and the East <br />He wanted a bridge to be built, <br />To solve many problems faced <br />By material and spiritual world. <br /> <br />The West looked at the East <br />For their spiritual progress, <br />While the East faced the West, <br />For their material prospects. <br /> <br />Narendra came in between <br />The East and the West then <br />As a religious messenger, <br />To fulfill his Master’s desire. <br /> <br />It so happened one day <br />When he was on his way <br />To Varanasi, he had met <br />A realized senior saint. <br /> <br />Pavhari Baba was his name, <br />Narendra spent sometime <br />To discuss a few points <br />And learn yoga from this saint. <br /> <br />The saint didn’t tell Narendra <br />A word on the practice of yoga, <br />But in his vision, at that time, <br />His Guru Ramakrishna came. <br /> <br />The Guru gazed at his eyes <br />For nearly twenty one days. <br />This feeling opened his eyes <br />On the Guru’s earlier days. <br /> <br />Though his Guru was no more <br />His instructions were still there <br />Which had he really followed <br />He wouldn’t have suffered. <br /> <br />He prayed Guru for pardon <br />And started doing meditation. <br />This time with no fears, <br />Nor with any more doubts.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/25-vivekananda-faith-in-ramakrishna/
