04-June-2012 (Monday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
04-June-2012 (Monday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
A WOMAN SAINT OF INDIA - 01
SISTER DEVAMATA
(Taken from Days in an Indian Monastery by Sister Devamata, Ananda Ashrama, la Crescenta, California, 2nd edition, 1972,pp. 211-29.)
My journey to Calcutta was in the nature of a pilgrimage. Not far away on the edge of the Ganges stood the Temple where Sri Ramakrishna had worshipped and taught; on the opposite bank of the river lower down was the Head Monastery of the Order; and more than all else there lived in a modest house in the Baghbazar district one of the great saints of the present time. Her name was Saradamani Devi, but she was familiarly known as Holy Mother or Mata Devi (Goddess Mother). It was to be with her that I was going on pilgrimage to Bengal.
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others -
Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA: P 129)
