16-March-2012 (Friday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!

SWAMI SATSWARUPANANDA - 01

The scriptures say: Nirakarapi sakara kastvam veditum arhati, “Thou art formless, yet Thou assumes form; who can know Thee.” Why does the formless one assume form? Upasakanam karyartham shreyase jagatamapi, “To help spiritual seekers to realize their goal and also for the welfare of the Universe.” To open the gateway to salvation for spiritual aspirants, for the welfare of the world, Primordial Energy, assuming the form of Mother of the Universe, descended on the earth. Sarada, Mahamaya incarnate bestowed her grace on devotees in innumerable ways. The hundred different moods of Sarada found a hundred different expressions, Upasakanam karyartham shreyase jagatamapi, “To help spiritual seekers to realize their goal and also for the welfare of the Universe.”

This inconsequential life of mine achieved fulfilment by the touch of just one ray of light from the hundred different facets of Sarada, the embodiment of luminescence. In the twilight of life, that radiant light still shines bright as the essence of pure consciousness personified. This is a feeble attempt on my part to portray her in words, who is beyond expression, beyond conception.

(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 69)

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