2 January

"This evening I shall read in my room. Nowadays the incense that you are burning in my room has a very good fragrance. Do you have any idea how long each incense stick lasts?"

"I have no idea, since I sit outside," I said.

"By the way, invite Nitya Gupta."

"Shall I invite his wife as well?" I asked.

"Of course, of course," he said. In the evening, after a few people had gathered, Nolini-da said, "Has everybody arrived?"

Somebody said: "Sujata has not yet come."

Amrita-da said: "From now on we shall take attendance. People must give a good excuse if they don't come or if they come late." All burst into laughter.

"The other day I read out to you 'Hymns to the Darkness'. Today I shall read out 'Hymns to the Light'. Then I shall read out an English translation of Rama Prasad's Bengali poems and the English translations of modern Bengali poets."

From:Sri Chinmoy,A service-flame and a service-sun, Agni Press, 1974
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