19-December-2011 (Monday) : Reminiscences of Holy Mother
19-December-2011 (Monday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
SWAMI SHIVANANDA - 01
The Holy Mother is the role model for the women of this age. Her life is wonderful indeed! Assuming human form, she led the life of an ordinary housewife, but she was in truth Primordial Energy in person, the Mother of the Universe. The scriptures mention Kali, Tara, Shodashi and others as the ten Mahavidyas. Mother, one of these ten, incarnated herself in order to fulfill the Master’s mission of founding the Yuga Dharma. How can ordinary beings know her true identity? In the beginning, we ourselves failed to fathom her. She concealed her divinity so well that it was beyond one’s power to know her. Master alone knew who she really was, and Swamiji, too, to some extent. Before travelling to the West, Swamiji confided his plans to Mother alone and crossed the oceans with her blessings. Mother, too, blessing him wholeheartedly, said, “Son, may you return having conquered the world; may your mouth be the seat of Saraswati.” That’s just what took place. With Mother’s blessings, Swamiji conquered the world. Such deep reverence he had for her! He used to say that he had gone overseas and conquered the world with Mother’s blessings. At times he would go so far as to claim that Mother was greater than even the Master! His reverence for Mother was of such magnitude! Master himself had once declared, “If she who dwells in Nahabat is displeased with some one, it will beyond my power even to protect him.”
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 11)
