01 March
MAA SAYINGS…
Recorded by Swami Arupananada
Mother: You all have come to me, because you are my own.
Disciple: Am I your 'own'?
Mother: Yes, my 'own'. Is there any doubt about it? If a man is the very 'own' of another, they remain inseparably connected in the successive cycles of time.
Disciple : All address you as Apani, but I could not do so. The word Tumi comes spontaneously and naturally.
Mother: That is good, indeed. It denotes an intimate relationship.
Shree Maa...
(* Apani-There are three words in Bengali by which one can address another. Apani is used when a person addresses his superior entitled to respect. Tumi is used to address an equal and is a term of intimacy and endearment. Tui is used to address inferiors, servants, etc.)
Gospel of The Holy Mother - p. 75)
Om Namah Sri Bhagavate Ramakrishnaya!!!