Usage of Expression 'kamini kanchana'
Sri
Ramakrishna used the Bengali words kamini
kanchana very frequently in the original five volumes of Sri
Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. Because he looked upon all women as the very
manifestations of the Divine Mother, we believe he used this phrase to warn
his disciples about lust and greed, which are the main obstacles to man's spiritual
progress.
Accordingly, we have used the term 'lust and greed,' or 'lust and gold,' instead of 'woman and gold' as a translation of kamini kanchana.