02-January-2012 (Monday) : Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
02-January-2012 (Monday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
Swami Saradananda - 03
One day when Mother was feeding the Master at Cossipore, in the course of conversation Master asked her, “Have you ever played ashta-kashte?1 Mother said she had not. Master continued, “When playing the game if two pieces are paired, no piece can be stuck off. Similarly, one should pair onself with one’s Ishta, then there is nothing to fear. Else, one loses a piece on the point of winning it. If you lead a life linked to your Ishta, there is no fear of perdition…”2
1 A rural indoor game played with cowries.
2. Swami Saradananda had obtained this material relating to Mother from Yogin-ma. Source: Ramakrushna Saradamrita [Bengali], Swami Nirlepananda, Karuna Prakashani, Kolkata, 1968, pp. 22-23. Courtesy: Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah – 711003.
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 18-19)
