As told by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Himself:
"Once I had the desire to put on a gold-embroidered robe, wear a ring on my finger, and smoke a hubble-bubble with a long pipe. Mathur Babu procured all these things for me.
I wore the gold-embroidered robe and said to myself after a while, 'Mind! This is what is called a gold-embroidered robe.'
Then I took it off and threw it away. I couldn't stand the robe any more.
Again I said to myself, 'Mind! This is called a shawl, and this a ring, and this, smoking a hubble-bubble with a long pipe.'
I threw those things away once for all, and the desire to enjoy them never arose in my mind again."
"Once I had the desire to put on a gold-embroidered robe, wear a ring on my finger, and smoke a hubble-bubble with a long pipe. Mathur Babu procured all these things for me.
I wore the gold-embroidered robe and said to myself after a while, 'Mind! This is what is called a gold-embroidered robe.'
Then I took it off and threw it away. I couldn't stand the robe any more.
Again I said to myself, 'Mind! This is called a shawl, and this a ring, and this, smoking a hubble-bubble with a long pipe.'
I threw those things away once for all, and the desire to enjoy them never arose in my mind again."
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