Saint Sketch -1- Anandamayi Ma By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji- Part-3

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

When the association of Mahatmas can liberate even birds, plants and animals,

then why nurture doubts about liberation of humans by association of Mahatmas?

 

– SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

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Ma accepted all faiths as paths leading to the Lord. Once, during a kirtan she

walked out in trance to the mazhar of a Fakir [Muslim Saint]. When the Muslim

caretaker there opened the doors she went round the mazhar chanting from the

Koran. Though she had no knowledge of the Muslim way of worship she offered

namaaz just as Muslims do. The Muslim caretaker accompanied her on her return

home and participated in the Kirtan and even fed Ma with a piece of candy.

 

Ma’s devotees built an ashram for her in Dhaka. But she was always on the move

not staying put in the ashram. She traveled throughout India. It is said that

once Mahatma Gandhi questioned her on her continuous wanderings and she replied

that she was really only in one place; that there is only one garden and she was

really moving within its premises only.

Ma said that considering ourselves as separate entity was a disease [‘bhava

roga’].

 

Once, on a hillock she experienced the whole atmosphere charged with divinity.

Many gods and goddesses including Rama and Krishna were there in the form of

children. There were also Saints there and the whole hillock was filled with

them.

 

Ma said that many great souls visited her in the form of snakes, etc. Learned

men and men holding high positions came for her darshan and blessings. Devotees

in need were permitted to speak to her in private. She spent long hours giving

darshan and talking to devotees. Ma blessed large gatherings.

 

There have been several incidents in her life to show the love and compassion

she had for her devotees. Here is one such interesting incident in her

life—Once, Ma along with two attendants of hers went to the railway station in

a devotee’s car. There she requested that devotee to buy three train tickets

to Saranath but the devotee hesitated, for, there was no train to Saranath for

the next twenty-four hours. But Ma as adamant and the tickets were bought. A

train arrived and Ma boarded the train with her two attendants though informed

that it would not stop at Saranath. After a time the train suddenly stopped as

there was no clear signal. At once Ma got down asking her two attendants also to

get down. She began to walk away from the station with quick strides. They could

not comprehend what was happening. The two attendants soon realized that they

were in Saranath! Ma took them through the path that led to Birla Dharamsala.

She entered the Dharamsala

and walked straight into a particular room within. Here, a female devotee of Ma

sat crying out for Ma! This Maratti devotee had come from a long distance to

Saranath as she had been [mis]informed that Ma was there. On reaching Saranath

she was terribly disappointed on learning that Mas was at Vaaraanasi. The

Dharamsala was huge and in a remote area of Saranath. This devotee was unnerved

to spend the night all alone there. Further, she was suffering from high fever.

She began to desperately cry out to Ma for help, ‘Ma! Ma!’ Ma stood before

her and said that everything was fine as she had come. Ma then spent the night

talking and joking with her.

 

Ma was constantly at the bedside of her husband Bholanth when he fell ill. She

served him until his death in May 1938. She held her hand on his head at the

time of his death. Of death itself Ma said that it was akin to moving from one

room to another and none was lost to her.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Please Chant

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

and be happy

 

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