Holy Trio-Sayings: September 8
Holy Trio-Sayings: September 8 Swami Abhedananda Leaves His Body On his seventy-third birthday he said to one of his disciples: 'I am only an instrument in the blissful sportive play of the Master, and the moment my life's mission is over, I shall not wait even for a second longer. Abhedananda had played his part in the divine drama of Sri Ramakrishna. Gradually the great yogi made himself ready to return to his beloved guru. One day he said to a disciple, "My body belongs to the Master." Towards the end he indicated that his body should be cremated at the Cossipore cremation ground after his death. In the morning of the 8th September 1939 he felt a little better, and asked his attendant to give him a glass of water. He sat on his bed and lay down after drinking the water. Swami Abhedananda passed away shortly after, at 8:16 a.m. on Friday, 8 September 1939. (p.482, God Lived With Them) Whenever a religious organization fell...
