Guest guest Posted January 16, 2002 Report Share Posted January 16, 2002 Life of Sri Maa - 3 Sarada Devi was born on Thursday, 22 December 1853, as the eldest daughter. She was first named `Thakurmani', but was later called `Saradamani', `Sarada' for short. She looked after her brothers, took them to bathe in the river, and performed sundry household duties. Serious and reflective by nature, she would go out of her way to help anyone she could. Reminiscing about her early years, she once said to a disciple : `A young girl resembling me used to move with me and help me in my work. We had great fun together. But she disappeared at other people's approach. This experience continued till I was ten or eleven years old. When I entered a pond to cut grass for the cattle, a girl of my age used to go with me. As I took one bundle to the bank and returned to the water for more grass, I found that she had already made another bundle ready for me.' It appears that at that time some sort of guardian angel kept her company. ----------- Extracts from the book : Sri Sarada Devi (A biography in pictures) Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta (http://www.advaitaonline.com/). -- --------------- Email: gokulmuthu Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/gokulmuthu/ Phone: +91 80 6689904, 6689938, 6780026-9 +91 80 2384190-3 Ext. 226 +91 44 8140104 --------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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