Premananda followed his guru’s teaching “renounce lust and gold” till death. Once in Calcutta he found a bag in a carriage. He asked the driver to take him to the place where he dropped his last passenger. When they arrived and the driver identified the person, Premananda introduced himself and handed over the bag to him. Immediately the gentleman checked the contents and found everything, including 5,000 rupees cash. Overwhelmed, the gentleman saluted Premananda and exclaimed: “Such honesty is only possible for a disciple of Ramakrishna.”
One day Haramohan Mitra’s mother, a devotee of the Master, came to see Premananda. Because he was very weak, the swami asked his attendant to cover his body with a chadar and sit him up by putting two pillows at his back. After a brief conversation Haramohan’s mother left. Curious, the attendant asked Premananda: “This woman devotee is five years older than your mother. Why did you cover your body with a chadar and meet her in a formal way?” Premananda replied: “You see, the Master taught us not to talk with women in a casual way with a bare body. A monk should be very careful.”
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