ABSTRACT
The practice of meditating in a graveyard or a burning ground was already familiar to Binode and was a well-known tradition in Indian spirituality, going back to the time of the Buddha and beyond. During his illness he had visions of Gambhiranath, who encouraged him and took him spiritually to the major pilgrimage centres of India. While he was in Bajitpur he continued with his activities of rousing his youthful followers to greater feats of social action and deeper appreciation of Hinduism’s spiritual heritage. The Harischandra Ghat was a powerful prototype of the burning ground not far from his home, where he would often go by night to meditate. The period after initiation was filled with almost continuous meditation. The worship of God, since it implies duality, is likewise merely secondary, without ultimate meaning, useful for exalting the ignorant but not representing at all the final truth about Reality.
