24-January-2012 (Tuesday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
24-January-2012 (Tuesday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
SWAMI SARADESHANANDA-21
Mother disapproved of her householder devotees being indifferent towards their families and the resultant domestic upheaval. “All households belong to God, and no other, and whatever may be the task entrusted to us there, we must always depend on Him and try to accomplish the task to the best of our ability” – this was Mother’s instruction to all her children. Regretting the negligence of some people in the discharge of their duties she used to say, “Even the Master, whose clothes were hardly ever in place, used to be so concerned about my welfare.”
Once when a devotee was very eager to present her with very expensive clothing, she refused to accept it. She said, “If he is so anxious to spend money, let him buy a plot of paddy land for the benefit of sannyasins and devotees.” A plot of land was considered for purchase with the money given by the devotee but nothing came of it, as the owner changed his mind. Mother told one of her sons in this regard, “Son, since the land could not be bought now, and as the cash at one’s disposal always tends to get spent, I have sent the money to Kedar at Koalpara for buying and storing paddy, which is very cheap at this time. When the money is needed, we just have to sell the paddy.” Suitable land was not available for purchase, but when the paddy was used, its price had increased fourfold.
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 36)
