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Holy Mother By Swami Nikhilananda: 258 10-October-2016

10-10-2016 Monday
Holy Mother By Swami Nikhilananda: 258

Chapter 12 – Spiritual Ministry : 001

SRI RAMAKRISHNA, during his lifetime and afterwards, in assigning Holy Mother her place in the scheme of his mission on earth made her his spiritual successor. On her part, she was born with unique spiritual tendencies. To her devotees and disciples she was the embodiment of the Divine Mother or the Primordial Shakti. Sri Ramakrishna, from the beginning of his association with her, gradually prepared her for her future role and he later instructed her in the various phases of spiritual discipline and experience. Her full divinity, as we have seen, was awakened when he formally worshipped her in his room as the personification of the Divine Mother. Even before his death, Sri Ramakrishna told her that she would have to bring light to deluded people groping in darkness. After his death, when Holy Mother lost all interest in the world and even in her body, the Master reminded her, through many visions, of the tremendous task awaiting her. One day he appeared before her and said: ‘No, no. You must live. There are many things to be done.’ He certainly did not mean that Sarada Devi was to serve as an Abbess or Mother Superior in a religious organization, which would not have been in keeping with her temperament or nature. All that he meant was that she should be the central guide and mentor of his devotees. At his bidding, she had already given her first formal initiation, to Swami Yogananda in Vrindavan.

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Holy Mother - Being the Life of Sri Sarada Devi Wife of Sri Ramakrishna And Helpmate in his Mission By Swami Nikhilananda p: 159

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