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IN A RURAL SETTING
After the opening of a railway station at Vishnupur, the Mother always travelled home via Vishnupur. At first she knew no one there and so…
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MISTRESS OF THE HOME
As the reader came to the end of the previous chapter, he must have heaved a deep sigh and said with the Bengali poet, ‘You…
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A GUIDING FORCE
The Mother visited Bodh Gaya at the end of March 1890. On that occasion the contrast between the wealth of the monastery there on the…
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ON SRI RAMAKRISHNA
1. “When I was at the music tower at Dakshineswar for serving the Master, I had to live in that small room with great difficulty….
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THE MYSTERY OF LIFE AND GOD-CONSCIOUSNESS
1. Mother: “The world is the Lord’s. He created it for His own play. We are mere pawns in His game. Wherever He keeps us…
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THE SPIRIT OF DISPASSION
1. “Listen, dear, when God first created man, He endowed him with the spirit of goodness. As a result, men were born with wisdom and…
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CONTROL OF THE MIND
1. “Everything depends on one’s mind. Nothing can be achieved without purity of mind. It is said, ‘The aspirant may have received the grace of…
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MEDITATION AND JAPA
1. “The mind keeps well when engaged in work. And yet Japa, meditation, prayer also are specially needed. You must at least sit down once…
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