Swami Shivapadananda on Holy Mother’s acceptance of all
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
Day 538
[Pictured: Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother]
Swamiji continues speaking on the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi
When people came to Sri Sarada Devi did she ask: 'What is your lineage?' No. Though many had asked this question before they accepted disciples. Even Sri Ramakrishna had asked it on occasion. But it was given to Holy Mother and Holy Mother alone to accept that which was hers, whatever the form. And although we may see a person as low or high, to the Holy Mother that person was only a child.
Let's say you have two children, one who is crippled and another who is full of health. Which child would you love best? To you, both are your children. Whether you pinch the nose or the toes they have the same pain. So here and now stop looking for negative qualities in this world. Rather go for the highest positive qualities, the qualities which were Sri Sarada Devi's.
This Holy Mother has manifested herself and I know that there are many Sarada Devis amongst you. And I am sure that she will be proud of you, just as Mother Sita, Gargi and Maitreyi must have felt proud on seeing a Sarada Devi walking on Earth with the purity that she had.
Can you start off with a little japa [repetition of the Holy name] on her name? Can you start off with a photograph of her in your room? Can you, morning and evening (or when you get time), glance at the photograph and reflect on her purity? 'She was purity itself,' said Swami Abhedananda [one of the direct monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna]. She had spotless beauty, spotless purity.
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