I hope I can find this passage and quote again so that I may get the full context. I think I remember correctly that she was speaking in some response to a question about outer adornments. I would love to know the exact translation.
It shouldn't be difficult to find a Bengali
Scholar, who is able to track down the
text in the original vernacular.
However, I feel pretty certain, that Sri Sarada's attitudes about the seclusion and/or adornment of women, were probably consistent with that of any high caste, albeit poor, village woman on the sub-continent of India. She probably would not have worn gold ornaments. I believe that her bangles were of wood...
which could have been in deference to the Master's oft-expressed alergy to 'woman and gold'
Thanks to Shiv, Jayanti, Paritosh and to Tom for the very pertinent replies to my inquiry. I feel my question to be more than answered and I will be pondering these points. I especially think that the "inner security" as mentioned by Jayanti hits the very bottom of the well. It is when fear comes that my security leaves me and it is only when I am calm that I remember Mother. I will try to keep the sweet and beautiful face of Swamiji in my mind as it seems to calm me.
