17-December-2011 (Saturday) : Reminiscences of Holy Mother
Dear Children of Holy Mother,
We have completed "parayan" (complete recitation of the thoughts from the Gospel of Holy Mother). Today is our most beloved and compassionate Maa's Tithi Puja... With humble prayers to our Maa, I thought of sharing another wonderful account of Maa's life reminiscenced by her beloved children from the book:
REMINISCENCES OF
Sri Sarada Devi
by Monastics, Devotees, and others
Compiled and Edited in Bengali by
SWAMI PURNATMANANDA
Translated by
MALOTI SEN GUPTA
With a humble prayers at Maa's divine feet that may our Maa continue to bless and guide her children, I am taking up this service.....
17-December-2011 (Saturday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
Swami Vivekananda-01
If anyone mentioned Swami Vivekananda to the Mother, she would say, “Why do you drag Naren into everything? He is in a class apart.” The Swami regarded Holy Mother as Divinity Itself. Once he remarked at the Belur Math, “Mother is the incarnation of Bagala in the guise of Saraswati. (Bagala represents one of the terrific aspects of the Divine Power, as the slayer of a fierce demon, and Saraswati represents Wisdom.) Outwardly she is all peace, but inwardly she is the destroyer of the power of evil.” After his return from the West, whenever he visited her, he purified himself with Ganges water, because he felt he had lost some of his spirituality by associating with all kinds of people there. Often he would be overwhelmed as he reached the door of the Mother’s house and could move no farther. On one of these occasions the Mother herself brought him in, holding him by the hand.
(Culled from the Holy Mother by Swami Nikhilananda, 1963, p 257).
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 9)
