Life of Sri Maa - 10

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Life of Sri Maa - 10

 

On 5 June 1872, Sri Ramakrishna made a special arrangement in his

own room for Puja of the Divine Mother. He sent for Sarada. When she came,

he signed her to sit on the special seat meant for the Deity. Then he began

worshiping her with flowers, offerings, etc. At the end of the worship, both

Sri Ramakrishna and Sarada lost all awareness of the outer world and were

immersed in a trancendental plane. After the worship, the Master offered

himself completely to the Divine Mother manifest in the form of Sarada, and

surrendered at her feet his rosary, himself and everything. This was the

culmination of the long years of his spiritual practices.

 

Reminiscing about this period, Sarada Devi subsequently said to her

devotees: `It is impossible to describe his spiritual moods in those days.

At that time I knew almost nothing about Samadhi. One night his mind did not

come down to the ordinary plane of consciousness for a long time. I was

frightened and sent for Hriday. He came and for a while repeated the Lord's

name into the Master's ear. Only then did the Master regain the normal mood.

After that the Master taught me various mantras and also told me how to use

them for different kinds of Samadhi. Thus I gradually got rid of my fear.

But as I did not know when he would go into Samadhi, I kept awake all night.

Coming to realise my plight, he asked me to sleep at the Nahabat.'

 

 

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Extracts from the book : Sri Sarada Devi (A biography in pictures)

Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta (http://www.advaitaonline.com/).

 

 

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