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> Dear Jagannath,

 

According to " Gauri Mata " , Mridani (childhood name) was given the shalagram

shortly after her initiation by Sri Ramakrishna when she was barely 10 years

old. The account follows:

 

" Some time after her initiation a mysterious stranger, a woman from Brindaba,

came to their house at Bhowanipore. A lifelong virgin, she had given herself to

the service of Lord Krishna, and her mind was all devotion. Most of her time

she kept to her room, absorbed in puja and meditation; her free hours she spent

in religious talk with the women of the family. During this woman's sojourn at

the house, Mridani one day found a black round stone lying on the floor of her

room. She picked it up and was admiring its beauty, wondering whether it was

the holy Narayan Shila, when the woman rushed in wildly, and trembling

violently, asked for the holy stone and, almsot snatching it from the amazed

Mridani, rushed out. After that, she acquaintance between the two soon ripened

into intimacy. One day the girl was taken to the woman's room and

learnt there the wonderful story of the Shila. The woman told her that the

Shila was her all, her dearest, here and hereafter. Nevertheless she offered to

place it in Mridani's charge, urged to the step by the express wishes of the

Deity mysteriously conveyed to her. The woman departed that day, entrusting the

holy Shila to the care of the fortunate girl and exhorting her to give all her

attention to it. She was never seen again. Mridani never faltered in her

devotion to the Shila, known as Darmodar, a living reality to her, and continued

to perform every item of the various rites of worship to her dying day. "

 

>

> Message: 8

> Sat, 9 Aug 2003 03:18:15 -0700 (PDT)

> Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01

> Re: Saradeswari Ashram

>

> Dear Edith,

>

> Yes, you are right. However apart from Sri Ramakrishna, the shalagram shila

carried around By Gauri Ma is also worshipped here as " Lalji " . The nuns of this

order are married off to Lalji as a part of sannyas diksha. This Math is very

conservative in its approach but there is no denying the sincerety and love with

which they carry out their work. It is reported that " Lalji " often talks with

the nuns in their dreams sometimes even to complain about the quality of the

food served to him.

>

> Can you recall who gave this shalagram shila to Gauri Ma Edith?

>

> Regards

> Jagannath.

>

> Ps: The japa mala presented to the Holy Mother by Thakur during the Shodashi

Puja is preserved in this Math. Holy Mother has reportedly said, " The person who

will even do so much as light a lamp in the Saradeswari Math is sure to reach

baikuntha. "

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