Fwd A Letter from Sister Nivedita to the Holy Mother

[Bharat Churiwala]

Beloved Mother,   This morning, early, I went to church - to pray for Sara. All the people there were thinking of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and suddenly I thought of you. Your dear face, and your loving look, and your white sari and your bracelets. It was all there. And it seemed to me that yours was the presence that was so soothe and bless poor S. Sara's sickroom. And - doyou know? - I thought I had been very foolish to sit in your room, at the evening service to Sri Ramakrishna, trying to meditate. Why did I not understand that it was quite enough to be a little child at your dear feet? Dear Mother! You are full of love! And it is not a flushed and violent love, like ours, and like the world's but a gentle peace that brings goodto everyone and wishes ill to none. It is a golden radiance, full of play. What a blessed Sunday that was, a few months ago, when I ran in to you, the last thing before I went on the Ganges, and ran back to you for a moment, as soon as I came back! I felt such a wonderful freedom in the blessing you gave me, and in your welcome home! Dearest Mother - I wish we could send you a wonderful hymn, or a prayer. But somehow even that would seem too loud, too full of noise! Surely you are the most wonderful thing of God - Sri Ramakrishna's own chalice of His Love for the world - a token left with His children, in these lonely days, and we should be very still and quiet before you - except indeed for a little fun! Surely the wonderful things of God are all quiet -- stealing unnoticed into our lives - the air and the sunlight and the sweetness of gardens and of the Ganges, these are the silent things that are like you! Do send to poor S. Sara the mantle of your peace. Isn't your thought, now and then, of the high calm that neither loves nor hates? Isn't that asweet benediction that trembles in God, like the dew-drop on the lotus-leaf, and touches not the world?Ever, my darling Mother,Your foolish Khooki,Nivedita *Taken from "Sri Sarada Devi - The Great Wonder".*-- *Sender’s Notice:* This email message including any attachments are intended for use by the person(s)/agency(ies) named above, and may contain confidential/privileged information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail, and delete/destroy all such messages and attachments.

[parameswaran ramaswamy]

Respected Bharathiji, Nameshkar, I enjoyed each and every word of Sistern Nivedita to Holy Mother.  The following sentences of her letter is very touchy and emotional, which I liked very much.

"Why did I not understand that it was quite enough to be a little child at your dear feet? Dear Mother! You are full of love! And it is not a flushed and violent love, like ours, and like the world's but a gentle peace that brings goodto everyone and wishes ill to none."

Thanks with regards, R. Parameswaran --- On Sun, 3/1/09, Bharat Churiwala <bchur...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Prabesh Lohani]

Indeed. If only we could feel that love and attachment to our universal mother, who had come down as Ma, all will be instantly liberated.

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ध्यायतो विषयान् पुंसः संगस्तेषूपजायते । संगात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥
क्रोधाद् भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः । स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥

ध्यायत ईश्वरं पुंसः संगस्तेषूपजायते । संगात्सञ्जायते प्रेमः प्रेमात्करुणोपजायते ॥
करुणाद्भवति निर्मोहोनिर्मोहात्स्मृतिरागमः । स्मृतिवृध्याद्बुद्धिशुद्धिः धीशुध्याद् विमुच्यते ॥