Sri Sarada DeviOne day the mother of a monk requested the Holy Mother to ask her son to go back to worldly life. The Holy Mother replied to her, “It is rare good fortune to be the mother of a monk. People cannot give up attachment even to a brass pot. Is it an easy thing to renounce the world? Why should you worry?”
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The Holy Mother said to a woman disciple after her initiation:
“Look here my daughter, I do not usually initiate a woman who has just lost her husband, but I have made a departure in your case, as you have a spiritual temperament. See that I do not have to repent it. The guru suffers for the sin committed by the disciple. Always repeat the sacred word with regularity.”
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To a woman who was going to her father-in-law’s house:
“Don’t be familiar with anybody. Don’t take much part in the social functions of the family. Say, ‘O mind, always keep to yourself.’ Don’t be inquisitive about others! Gradually increase the period of meditation and prayer…”
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The Holy Mother warned another lady disciple as follows:
“Never be intimate with any man-not even with your own father or brother. What to speak of others then? Let me again repeat, don’t be intimate with a man, even if God comes to you in that form.”
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To a lady who wanted to adopt a child:
“Do not take such a step. Always do your duty to others, but you must love God alone. Worldly love always brings in its wake untold misery.”
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If you love any human being you will have to suffer for it. She is blessed indeed, who can love only God. There is no suffering in loving God.
BEWARE!
I tell you one thing. If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; the whole world is your own.
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