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namaskar avasa, what a 'divine' response to nora's first question - i

enjoyed readding every word of it.. the love between a man and a

woman is the 'small ' love what is called conjugal love ! but when

this ;'small' love turns into 'big' love for the divinity in each

other and together , in this case, shri ramakrishna and sree sarada

devi turne their big 'love' into the LOVE FOR THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE,

all of god/dess's creation.

 

in this context, i want to relate an incident from thr life of shri

ramakrishna.

 

Sri Ramakrishna often put Sarada's spiritual yearning

to test. One

day he asked her: `I have a duty towards you. Have you

come to drag me down

into worldly life?'

 

Sarada replied: `Why should I do

so? I am here to help

you in realising your spiritual ideal.'

Sarada too,one day asked him, as

she was stroking his feet, `How do you regard me?' He

replied: `The Mother who is worshipped in the temple, and the mother

who gave birth to this

[pointing to his body] and is now living in the

Nahabat -- the same mother

is now stroking my feet. Really and truly I always

regard you as the

embodiment of the blissful Mother of the Universe.' In

fact, Sri Ramakrishna,

so as to test his steadfastness in the realisation of

Brahman, asked her to

sleep in the same bed for nearly nine months. But both

their minds were so

immersed in spiritual bliss that the desire for

worldly enjoyment never

crossed their minds. Indeed, their relationship was

unique.

 

in hinduism, it is said "para bharyeshu Matruvath" regard other

man's wife as your own MOther. what it means is do not look upon

other women with 'lustful' eyes!

 

there is an incident in ramayana- when rama asked lakshmana to

identify sita's jewels (the jewels that fell off sita's body while

ravana was abduting sita) lakshmana was only able to identify sita's

anklets on the feet - all the other jwels he was not able to identify

as sita's jeweles- lakshmana's answer was- " brother rama, i have

only looked at mother seetha's feet- not any other part of her body."

 

well, this may all sound 'silly' in this 21st century!

 

i like to end with tis verse...

 

yathaagnerdaahikaasaktii raamakrsne sthitaa hi yaa |

sarvavidyaasvaroopaam taam saaradaam pranamaamyaham ||

 

I salute Sarada Devi the embodiment of all knowledge, who

exists in Sri Ramakrishna as the burning power exists in fire.

 

Jai gurudeva! jai mahakali!

 

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avasa, keep writing, you are lighting up the lamp of love in this

shrine dedicated to the divine mother!

 

thank you , my dear!

 

love and only more love