The mark of a real teacher is that he is completely truthful. Whatever that person says, he does. Once when a young monk was going to Belur Math from Calcutta, Saradananda told him to inform Premananda that he would visit the monastery in the afternoon. A terrible thunderstorm arose in the afternoon. When it stopped, the swami left for Belur, crossing the Ganges by ferry and then walking a few miles. He arrived in the monastery after Premananda had finished his supper and was relaxing on the veranda. “Is there any emergency today that you have come to Belur in this bad weather?” asked Premananda. “No,” replied Saradananda, “but I sent word to you in the morning that I would be in the monastery, so I have come.” Premananda remarked: “Like guru like disciple. If any word would come from the lips of the Master, he always kept it.”