30-January-2012 (Monday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
30-January-2012 (Monday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
SWAMI SARADESHANANDA-27
One of Mother’s sons once wrote to her that he preferred to renounce the world rather than marry, but his father was strongly opposed to it and was adopting various means to entangle him in domesticity. Mother was deeply moved on learning about her son’s distress. With tearful eyes she exclaimed, “See how a father himself wants to hit his son on the head with an axe and destroy him – the son has written to me in desperation.” She replied to the letter conveying her blessings and assurances, and by her grace, the son’s predicament eventually ended. Gradually, his father’s attitude changed, and being favourably disposed towards his son, he supported him in his spiritual pursuits. The son too, on the other hand, did his utmost to serve his old father and succeeded in receiving his love and blessings when the end came.
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 39-40)
