Bama Kshepa’s Sincerity

When the spiritual devotee Bama Kshepa19 got angry with his deity, the Divine Mother Tara, he used to shout and scream at her statue, and use such foul words. People used to say, “You are known as her dearest! Why are you behaving like this?” Sri Ramakrishna would sometimes get angry with his Divine Mother Kali, but his tongue was not foul. Bama Kshepa’s tongue was so foul, the book says people used to run away. He was the greatest devotee of Mother Tara, but what can you do? He was so sincere, whatever was on his mind, he used to express it.

In our case, if we get angry with the Supreme, we are civilised. We do not say anything outwardly, even if we have lost faith in the Supreme or the Guru. Some people have lost faith, but as soon as they see their Guru, outwardly with folded hands they show all their faith.

16 September 2002

Sri Chinmoy Centre

19. Bama Kshepa was a contemporary of Sri Ramakrishna, famous both for his compassion and his devotion to the Goddess Tara, and for his eccentric behaviour.↩

From:Sri Chinmoy,Depend on Grace, Agni Press, 2023
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