Part 45 (1/2)

At the end of the first year at Ranchi, applications for admission reached two thousand But the school, which at that time was solely residential, could accommodate only about one hundred Instruction for day students was soon added

In the VIDYALAYA I had to play father-anizational difficulties I often remembered Christ's words: ”Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren or sisters, or father, or ospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life” {FN27-3} Sri Yukteswar had interpreted these words: ”The devotee who forgoes the life-experiences of es the probleer responsibilities of service to society in general, is undertaking a task which is often acco world, but also by a divine inner contentment”

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One day , long withheld because I had hurt hipur Railway

”Son,” he said, ”I aives sters; you belong here rather than with the lifeless figures of railroad tiroup of a dozen little ones ere tagging at ht children,” he observed with twinkling eyes, ”but I can feel for you!”

With a large fruit orchard and twenty-five fertile acres at our disposal, the students, teachers, and myself enjoyed s We haddeer as fairly idolized by the children I too loved the fawn so ht of dawn, the little creature would toddle over tocaress

One day I fed the pet earlier than usual, as I had to attend to soh I cautioned the boys not to feed the fawn until ave the baby deer a large quantity of reeted ”

In tears, I placed the apparently lifeless pet on my lap I prayed piteously to God to spare its life Hours later, the small creature opened its eyes, stood up, and walked feebly The whole school shouted for joy

But a deep lesson caet

I stayed up with the fawn until two o'clock, when I fell asleep

The deer appeared in a drea ht,” I answered in the dream

I awoke i!” The children rushed to my side

I ran to the corner of the room where I had placed the pet It made a last effort to rise, stumbled towardto the ulates the destinies of aniress to a higher form But by my deep attachment, which I later realized was selfish, and by my fervent prayers, I had been able to hold it in the liling for release The soul of the deerperreed, it departed

All sorrow left me; I realized anew that God wants His children to love everything as a part of Hinorant , seely forever, his cherished friends But the man of unattachment, he who loves others as expressions of the Lord, understands that at death the dear ones have only returned for a breathing-space of joy in Hiinnings to an institution noell-known in India Many departments of the school are supported by voluntary contributions fro the educational ideals of the rishi+s Under the general na branch schools have been established at Midnapore, Lakshmanpur, and Puri

The Ranchi headquarters maintains a Medical Department where medicines and the services of doctors are supplied freely to the poor of the locality The nued more than 18,000 persons a year The VIDYALAYA has made its mark, too, in Indian competitive sports, and in the scholastic field, where uished themselves in later university life

The school, now in its twenty-eighth year and the center of many activities, {FN27-5} has been honored by visits of ereat figures to inspect the VIDYALAYA in its first year areat master viewed the picturesque outdoor classes, held under the trees, and saw in the evening that young boys were sitting a meditation, he was profoundly moved

”Joy comes to my heart,” he said, ”to see that Lahiri Mahasaya's ideals for the proper training of youth are being carried on in this institution My guru's blessings be on it”

A young lad sitting by i a question

”Sir,” he said, ”shall I be a h Swa the future

”Child,” he replied, ”when you grow up, there is a beautiful bride waiting for you” The boy did eventuallyplanned for years to enter the Swami Order