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A chat on 4chan
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The Master asked M. about his friend Hari Babu.

M: 'He has come here to pay you his respects. He lost his wife long ago.'

MASTER (to Hari): 'What kind of work do you do?'

M: 'Nothing in particular. But at home he takes good care of his parents and his brothers and sisters.'

MASTER (with a smile): 'How is that? You are like 'Elder, the pumpkin-cutter'. You are neither a man of the world nor a devotee of God. That is not good. You must have seen the sort of elderly man who lives in a family and is always ready, day or night, to entertain the children. He sits in the parlour and smokes the hubble-bubble. With nothing in particular to do, he leads a lazy life. Now and again he goes to the inner court and cuts a pumpkin; for, since women do not cut pumpkins, they send the children to ask him to come and do it. That is the extent of his usefulness — hence his nickname, 'Elder, the pumpkin-cutter'.

'You must do 'this' as well as 'that'. Do your duties in the world, and also fix your mind on the Lotus Feet of the Lord. Read books of devotion like the Bhagavata or the life of Chaitanya when you are alone and have nothing else to do.'

It was about ten o'clock. Sri Ramakrishna finished a light supper of farina pudding and one or two luchis. After saluting him, M. and his friend took their leave.

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Chapter 13
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