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1853–1920 India
Sarada Devi, (22 December 1853 - 21 July 1920), born Saradamani , was the wife and spiritual counterpart of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a nineteenth century mystic of Bengal. Sarad Devi is also reverentially addressed as the Holy Mother.
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Practise meditation, and by and by your mind will be so calm and fixed that you will find it hard to keep away from meditation.
The goal of life is to realize God and to be always immersed in thought in Him.
In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and deities are all Maya.
He who thinks always of the Lord, which way can evil come to him?
However strong or beautiful this body may be, its culmination is in those three pounds of ashes. And still people are so attached to it. Glory be to God.
If you do not pray to God, what is that to Him? It is only your misfortune.
There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.
One who makes a habit of prayer will easily overcome all difficulties and remain calm and unruffled in the midst of the trials of life.
The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.
The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.
Ordinary human love results in misery. Love for God brings blessedness.
If you do a good act, it cancels the effects of your evil deeds. If one prays, takes the Name of God and thinks of Him, the effects of evil are cancelled.
He who has really prayed to the Master, even once, has nothing to fear. By, praying to him constantly one gets ecstatic love (Prema Bhakti) through his grace.
The difference between a great soul and an ordinary man is this: the latter weeps while leaving this body, whereas the former laughs. Death seems to him a mere play.
Many take the name of God after receiving blows in life. But he who can offer his mind like a flower at the feet of the Lord right up from childhood is indeed blessed.
As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.
Realization of God cannot be achieved without ecstatic love for Him.
Even the impossible becomes possible through devotion.
The world is going on because not all can be free of desires. People with desires are born again and again.
God cannot be realized without love. Yes, sincere love.
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