It was a great education to live with Sri Ramakrishna: his every action or word carried deep meaning. According to the arrangements of the temple management, every day Sri Ramakrishna was to receive a portion of prasad, food offered to the deities. One morning he found that his share had not been sent to his room. This irregularity disturbed him, so he went to the temple office to inquire about it. The embarrassed temple manager immediately sent the Master’s portion to his room. Jogin was surprised at this, for he knew that the Master did not care much about eating as he had a very delicate stomach. Moreover he had never seen the Master so upset as he was on that day. After a good deal of reflection, Jogin came to the conclusion that the Master, in spite of his great spirituality, could not overcome the petty tendencies of his priestly class.
Meanwhile, Sri Ramakrishna returned to his room and said to Jogin: “Look here, Rani Rasmani has bequeathed her large estate to the service of this temple so that the offerings may be distributed among devotees and sadhus. That part of the offerings which comes to this room is taken only by devotees who come here with yearning for God, so the gift of Rani Rasmani is turned to good account. But what use is made of the other portion that goes to the priests of this temple? They sell it in the market, and some even feed their mistresses with it! I fight with the temple officials for the share that comes here so that Rasmani’s objective may at least be partially fulfilled.” Thus Jogin discovered that every act of the Master, no matter how trivial it might appear, had deep significance.