Holy Mother’s Sayings:

• Sri Ramakrishna left me behind to manifest the Motherhood of God to the world.
• I shan’t be able to turn away anybody if he addresses me as Mother.
• I can’t contain myself when one draws near me and calls me Mother.
• If my son wallows in the dust or mud, it is I who have to wipe all the dirt off his body and take him to my lap.
• The aim of life is to realize God and remain immersed in contemplation of Him.
• God alone is real and everything else is false.
• As one gets the fragrance of a flower by handling it, or as one gets the smell of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone, in the same way one gets spiritual awakening by constantly thinking of God. But you can realize Him right now, if you become desireless.
• Many think of God only after receiving blows from the world. But blessed indeed is he who can offer his mind, like a fresh flower, at the feet of the Lord from his very childhood. One should practice renunciation in youth.
• Through japa and austerity the bondage of karma is cut asunder, but God cannot be realized except through love and devotion.
• How can the devotees really have any caste ? Children are all equal.
• One should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering.
• But one may pray for devotion and detachment. These cannot be classed as desires.
• As wind removes the cloud, so the name of God destroys the cloud of worldliness.
• Only through work can one remove the bondage of work. Total detachment comes later.
• One should not be without work even for a moment. Work helps one to fend off idle thoughts.
• Everyone has to be accommodating. Forbear everything. God is there to judge.
• One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak even an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.
• By indulging in rude words one’s nature becomes rude. One’s sensibility is lost if one has no control over one’s speech.
• One should not trifle with a thing, though it may be very insignificant. If you respect a thing, the thing also respects you. Even a broomstick should be treated with respect. One should perform even an insignificant work with respect.
• We should give everyone his due. What is not edible for a man, give to a cow ; What is not edible for a cow, give to a dog ; what is not edible for a dog, throw into a lake for fishes to eat. But never waste.
• To err is human ; but how few know to lead an erring man ?
• It is idle to expect that dangers and difficulties will not come. They are bound to come. But, for a devotee they will pass away from under the feet like water.
• Misery is truly a gift of God. I believe it is a symbol of His compassion.
• Love is our forte. It is through love that the Master’s family has taken shape.
• The mind is everything. It is in the mind alone that one feels pure and impure. A man, first of all must make his own mind guilty and then alone can he see another man’s guilt.
• If you want peace, do not see the faults of 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.
• My son, if a thorn pricks your foot, it hurts me like a spear entering my heart. I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Whenever you are in distress, just say to yourself, ‘I have a mother.’

from: http://saradama.blogspot.com

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