Guest guest Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 Life of Sri Maa - 33 A disciple once asked: `How does one attain the knowledge of Brahman? Should one practise it step by step or does it come all at once?' The Mother replied: `The path leading to Brahman is very difficult. It is quite natural for a man to forget God. Therefore whenever the need arises, God becomes incarnate on earth and shows the path by practising spiritual discipline Himself. This time, too, God has shown the example of renunciation. But it seems to me, my child, that the chief characteristic of the Master's sadhana was his renunciation. Has anyone ever seen such natural renunciation? Renunciation is his great ornament....Today the human body is, tomorrow it is not; even the shortest span of life is beset with pain and misery. He who is able to renounce all for God's sake is a living God.' Regarding initiation Holy Mother said: `The power of the teacher enters into the disciple, and the power of the disciple enters into the teacher. That is why, when I initiate and accept the sins of the disciples, I fall sick. It is extremly difficult to be a teacher. On the other hand, by leading a virtuous life the disciple does good to the teacher.' Initiation, the Mother said more than once, had made her rheumatism chronic. ----------- 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. 227 +91 44 8140104 --------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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