Anandamayi Ma's Compassionate Touch

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Namaste beloved family!

i read this quote of Anandamayi Ma this morning and was very moved by

it. As a lot of you already know, She was a great saint who passed

away in the early 1980's. She first became known here in the USA

through the vehicle of the classic book, "Autobiography of a Yogi" by

Paramahamsa Yogananda. She was called "The bliss-permeated Mother."

 

*"One day a married woman came and lamented to Mataji, "Ma, in my

home nobody approves of puja, japa, meditation and the like. My

husband, my father-in-law, and all the rest of the members in the

family, including my brother-in-law, are opposed to it, What am I to

do?" Mataji said: "You observe so many religious vows in your homes;

don't you keep a fast on Tuesday and fast and do puja all night on

Sivaratri?

 

"Will you try to take up the following practice,? One day in a month,

from morning till night, regard everyone as a manifestation of God.

Your husband, your father-in-law, your brother-in-law -consider them

to be God in different guises. That day, look upon your children as

child Krishna and Kumari Devi. Whoever comes to your house, be he a

guest, a beggar, a hawker, treat him as a form of Narayana. If on

that day you are visited by any sorrow or trouble, welcome them as

messengers of the Lord. By continuing with this practice, you will

find circumstances becoming normal and favourable to the worship of

God. First of all, do this once every month, then once a week and you

will observe that the happiness you feel on that day will influence

all the rest of the week."

 

*Excerpt taken from the book "The Compassionate Touch of Ma

Anandamayi by Narayan Choudhuri

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wonderful, what a wonderful thing to do. so many ways to increase

devotion if we only are creative and put our minds and hearts to the

task.

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote:

> Namaste beloved family!

> i read this quote of Anandamayi Ma this morning and was very moved

by

> it. As a lot of you already know, She was a great saint who passed

> away in the early 1980's. She first became known here in the USA

> through the vehicle of the classic book, "Autobiography of a Yogi"

by

> Paramahamsa Yogananda. She was called "The bliss-permeated Mother."

>

> *"One day a married woman came and lamented to Mataji, "Ma, in my

> home nobody approves of puja, japa, meditation and the like. My

> husband, my father-in-law, and all the rest of the members in the

> family, including my brother-in-law, are opposed to it, What am I

to

> do?" Mataji said: "You observe so many religious vows in your

homes;

> don't you keep a fast on Tuesday and fast and do puja all night on

> Sivaratri?

>

> "Will you try to take up the following practice,? One day in a

month,

> from morning till night, regard everyone as a manifestation of God.

> Your husband, your father-in-law, your brother-in-law -consider

them

> to be God in different guises. That day, look upon your children as

> child Krishna and Kumari Devi. Whoever comes to your house, be he a

> guest, a beggar, a hawker, treat him as a form of Narayana. If on

> that day you are visited by any sorrow or trouble, welcome them as

> messengers of the Lord. By continuing with this practice, you will

> find circumstances becoming normal and favourable to the worship of

> God. First of all, do this once every month, then once a week and

you

> will observe that the happiness you feel on that day will influence

> all the rest of the week."

>

> *Excerpt taken from the book "The Compassionate Touch of Ma

> Anandamayi by Narayan Choudhuri