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Girish Chandra Gosh, one of the famous household disciples of Sri RamaKrishna Paramahamsa, was renown for his implicit faith and total surrender unto his Guru. He worshipped Sri RamaKrishna Paramahamsa verily as an incarnation of God. He spoke of his Guru as an “Avatara Purusha” to everyone he met.

Once after seeing a play about Prahlada, the great devotee of the Lord, at the Star Theatre, Sri RamaKrishna Paramahamsa was conversing with His disciples. Girish, who was also there, said to his Guru, “Master! I am a sinner who is beyond redemption. The very ground where I sit would become unholy. I utterly lack sincerity. Please bestow me with sincerity.” To this Sri RamaKrishna Paramahamsa replied, “What can I bless? Sages like Sri Narada and Sri ShukaDeva would have been able to do that.” Unrelentingly Girish said, “I don’t see Sri Narada or ShukaDeva. You are the only God I know and You are standing right before me. Please do not refuse.” Immensely pleased with the deep faith of his beloved disciple, Sri RamaKrishna Paramahamsa smilingly blessed him saying, “All right! So be it! You have such a faith!”

Such was the faith that this great disciple had which his Guru acknowledged lovingly.

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