Saint Sketch -1- Anandamayi Ma By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji- Part-2

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

When there is huge crowd standing before the onlooker, it will not be possible

for him to see just one person. Many in the crowd will inevitably fall in his

field of vision. Similarly, God's divine sight is always focused on saints. When

we line up in submission behind Saints, we will also be in God's field of vision

 

– SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

 

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In 1908, at the young age of 13 she was married to Ramani Mohan Chakraborty of

Vikrampura. He later came to be known as Bholanaath. The marriage was never

consummated, as most of the time she was in a trance-like state. Her husband

soon realized that this was no ordinary marriage and later became her disciple.

Nirmala, however, served her husband with all care and concern. Soon after her

marriage she spent about four years in her husband’s elder brother’s home

while her husband was in Atpara and in Dhaka. She served the household –

cooking, cleaning and caring for the children – as her sister-in-law was quite

often sick. She did all these cheerfully.

 

Later, she moved to live with her husband when he was at Ashtagram. When they

later moved to Bajitpur, Nirmala began to practice intense sadhana. At the same

time she took care of her husband’s needs, even preparing his ‘hookah’

that he smoked after dinner. Having learnt to chant ‘Hari! Hari!’ from her

father as a child she used to chant this Divine Name of the Lord. She began to

sit in Yogic aasanaas and at the same time hold her hands in ‘mudraas’. One

day, Bholanath questioned her about chanting ‘Hari!’ while they were not

Vaishnavaas. She asked him if she could chant ‘Siva! Siva!’ and began to

chant this Divine Name of the Lord which pleased her husband. However, this

change did not affect her in anyway. Nirmala was lost in spiritual ecstasy even

while engaged in household duties. Many a time her husband Bholanath found her

in this state on return home from his office. On hearing religious chanting she

would fall in a faint. Ma

has said that sadhanas for self-realization are many and each has several

features; that all these were revealed to her as a part of herself.

 

Nirmala did not undergo formal initiation through a Guru. She performed her own

initiation. The day prior to this her face held peculiar expressions and the

tongue experienced rapid movement. The whole day she was in deep meditation.

That night she had the strange experience of her body being an instrument and

she herself the player. The next day she uttered the Mantras and was lost in

deep meditation unaware of the happenings around her. In the evening she

underwent the process of initiation by herself. She underwent several spiritual

experiences after this. After this occurrence, Bholanath accepted initiation

from Ma and from that day their relationship changed to that of a Guru and

Sishya.

 

Ma and Bholanath then moved to Dhaka where the latter took up the position of

the Manager of Shanbagh Gardens. This was part of the estate of Nawabzadi Pyari

Bano. Ma’s fame began to spread here and crowds began to gather for her

darshan. When she went into spiritual ecstasy during kirtans her body would sway

to the rhythm of the kirtan. She would enter into deep Samadhi for long hours

after this. It was her husband Bholanath who would try to bring her out of this

state by calling to her. When she responded, he advised the lady devotees to rub

her hands and feet and keep talking to her so that it would bring her back to

the worldly plane. She would roll on the ground; shed profuse tears. She would

sometimes dance for a long period. Sometimes she would talk rapidly. Her smiling

countenance earned her the name ‘Kushir Maa’ [Mother of Bliss].

 

Ma lived like an ascetic. She would fast for many days; some times she would eat

food meant for eight or nine people. Once, for nearly six months she ate only a

few grains of rice daily and two ripe fruits that had fallen from the tree. To

the complaint that she did not eat sufficiently, Ma explained that food was not

at all essential to preserve the body; she ate only to show normal behaviour so

that those around her did not feel uncomfortable with 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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