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."
Sri Chinmoy, A service-flame and a service-sun, Agni Press, 1974
