Holy Mother .....from Vikas Akalwadi

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The following came from Vikas Akalwadi. We had to edit the posting to

just one 'story' as otherwise the message became too long.

 

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Reminiscences of Holy Mother

Swami Nityasvarupananda

 

It was on December 23, 1916, that Swami Mahadevananda and I went to Holy

Mother's house at Bagbhazar. At once we went to the Ganges, had our bath,

returned to the Holy Mother's house, and were waiting to bow to Her. At that

time the Holy Mother was worshiping Sri Ramakrishna in the shrine on the

first floor. We were waiting on the ground floor. Swami Mahadevananda, who

was quite at home there, went upstairs to see what the Holy Mother was

doing. By then the Holy Mother had finished Her worship, but was still

seated in the shrine where She was worshiping Sri Ramakrishna. Swami

Mahadevananda made his obeisance to Her and then came back downstairs and

told me that the Holy Mother was still seated in the shrine after Her

worship. He asked me to go upstairs and make my obeisance to Her. I went

upstairs and entered the shrine and made my obeisance to Her. The moment I

bowed to Her, She looked at me and said, " Well, will you have initiation? " I

was overwhelmed. She immediately said to me, " Take your seat. Perform

achamana. " Then She said, " Which God or Goddess do you love the most? " I

immediately told the Holy Mother the name of my only God. She then gave me

initiation. I had not taken any gift with me to offer at Her feet, as is the

custom at the time of initiation, for I did not know that my initiation

would take place in this manner. The Holy Mother asked me to bring some

fruits from those under Her bed in the shrine room. Accordingly, I brought

some and She asked me to offer them at Her feet, which I did. Then I bowed

to Her, left the room, went downstairs, and told Swami Mahadevananda all

that had happened. After my initiation, a friend of mine and I went out and

bought a piece of cloth with a very narrow red border, the kind of cloth the

Holy Mother used to wear. We also purchased some grapes. They were then

offered to the Holy Mother. At noontime I had prasad at the Holy Mother's

house. Swami Mahadevananda told me that after I had had my initiation, the

Holy Mother said to him, " This boy will make his mother and brothers weep, "

indicating thereby that I was meant for the life of renunciation.

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know if there is any source or book that details all the Swamis'

(of the Order) encounter and darshan of the Holy Mother the very first time?

 

 

 

I am sure each one of them had written about that momentous occasion

somewhere and i was just wondering if it was collected in a book form?

 

it would make a wonderful read...i think

 

thanks in advance

[Guest guest]

Ramakrishna , " jairam seshadri "

<jairamseshadri@h...> wrote:

>

> Does anyone know if there is any source or book that details all the

Swamis'

> (of the Order) encounter and darshan of the Holy Mother the very

first time?

>

>

>

> I am sure each one of them had written about that momentous occasion

> somewhere and i was just wondering if it was collected in a book form?

>

> it would make a wonderful read...i think

>

> thanks in advance

 

Namaste,

 

Sri Sarada Devi - The Great Wonder - is such a

compilation. [526 pages, hardback ed.; available at www.vedanta.org ].

 

Regards,

 

Sunder