Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Life of Sri Maa - 9 Sri Ramakrishna often put Sarada's spiritual yearning to test. One day he asker 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. ----------- 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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