Re: 04-April-2012 (Wednesday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
I am enjoying very much a book called "Reminiscences of Sri Sarada Devi" and especially the stories remembered by one, Ashutosh Mitra.
As pertaining to Mother's ability to write, he remembers the following:
p. 203
"Regarding her education, Mother once mentioned how she, a housewife (at Kamarpukur), used to secretly learn (the alphabet) from Lakshmi-didi who attended a primary school and taught Mother what she learned there. I felt a sudden urge to obtain Mother's writing in some form and pressed her for it. Mother refused firmly, but later gave in to my persistence, saying, "Then let me write your name." I gave her a piece of paper on which she wrote my name. I have preserved it to this day."
Re: 04-April-2012 (Wednesday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
I just learned via internet, that Ashutosh Mitra, the personal attendant of Holy Mother, was also the Brother of Swami Trigunatitananda of the Hindu Temple in San Francisco...
Re: 04-April-2012 (Wednesday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
What a coincidence sister... I am also posting these reminiscences from the same book. Yes, Ashotosh Mitra was Swami Trigunatitananda's brother and had also taken sannaya. His monastic name was Swami Satyakamananda. A****osh served Maa for almost 13 years.
Jai Maa...
Re: 04-April-2012 (Wednesday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
Dear Brother Satwik,
My home computer has been "down" for several weeks.
So I hurriedly made the previous post last night while under a time limit at the library. After I slept on the matter, it occurred to me that we were quoting from the same book!! Brother Ankur recently sent me this book from India and I have been "skipping around" in reading the various authors. This book is simply a treasure!!!! It is wonderful that you are sharing the stories here.
