Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
Wife of the sage Aurobindo Ghosh, introduced to Holy Mother by Sudhira Devi (1908) and called “Bouma” (daughter-in-law) by her. Sudhira Devi having suggested initiation, Holy Mother had stated she did …
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Once, not long after Ramakrishna’s death, Holy Mother was travelling to Jayrambati from Kamarpukur. Shivaram, the Master’s nephew, was then a young boy. He was travelling with the Mother and carrying …
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Lavanya Chakrabarty recorded in his reminiscences: In 1912 at Lakshmi Nivas in Varanasi I met a woman with a veil near the main door. Looking at her face, I asked: “Are you the Mother?” “Yes, my …
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It was the spring of 1920. Holy Mother was leaving Jayrambati for Calcutta, so Shivaram came from Kamarpukur to see her. He arrived at Jayrambati around noon and informed the Mother that he would stay …
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Sarala (later Bharatiprana) recalled: “One day at Jayrambati, vexed with her relatives, the Mother said to them angrily: ‘Do not torture me too much. If He who dwells inside this body hisses but once, …
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Towards the end of his life, Swami Arupananda related an experience to a monk in Varanasi: I was in Jayrambati. The Mother’s new house was then under construction. Brahmachari Hemendra and I were …
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