Sameer Banik : But what will they do who want to remain attached with family and desire to lead a blissful family life with the blessing of the almighty? Please advise.
Sugata Bose : Sameer Banik, they must also read the Kathamrita (The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna) daily diligently to keep dharma going in their lives without which blissful family life will be a virtual impossibility, a sandcastle built on the seashore which will be washed away by the rushing billows lashing against its citadels, ruining all hopes and aspirations of this make-believe world. Dharma, built round the Master's message enshrined in his Gospel, will ensure happy home life in so far as circumstances permit and will gradually lead the inebriated soul towards the moksha marga (the path of liberation). The Kathamrita is, therefore, the handbook of life for both the monastic and the laity even as the Master stands at the junction of the twain as the perfect embodiment of both. May God grace your soul with a taste for this text perennial that, in the words of Vivekananda, 'will shower peace on earth hereafter' !
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