Sri Anandamayi Ma -

‘Pranams at the lotus feet of Ma’

India has been the birth place of illustrious Rishis, Sages, Yogis, and Yoginis for several decades.   Krishna says “Yadha Yadha Hi Dharmasya Glanirbhavathi Bharatha | Abhyuththanam Adharmasya Thadhathmanam Srujamyaham ||”.  Whenever the righteousness gets tarnished in the hands of evil-doers, Supreme Being personifies on Earth to reinstate the righteousness.  Almighty never abandon His children; instead He makes sure that all the living beings on Earth has a fair share of means towards spiritual development.  Supreme Being has created the whole Universe and its creatures with his imagination; he ensures all the creatures are benefited with rich values to return to the abode of supreme consciousness with the powerful tool of spirituality.     Ma was born on April 30^th in the year 1896, in a pious Bengali Bhramin family, her Father Bipinbattacharya and Mother Mokshadhasundhari were a highly religious minded couple, and they were named their beautiful little girl ‘Nirmala’.  Unlike another girl child, Nirmala was exceptionally beautiful with a rich sense of spirituality.  Those days’ marriages of girl children were performed at a young age to make sure that the little bride is getting familiar with the custom, religious rites, and family traditions of the new family, it helped to create a strong bond between the child couple and their family, and in this way they have well protected the institution of Marriage.    Ma was married at the age of 13 to Sri Ramanimohana Chakravarthi/Bholanathji, on February 7^th in the year 1909.    Ma’s comments on her husband Sri Bholanathji/Sri Ramani was ‘ He is Bhola always’, she looked at her husband with a lot of admiration and affection,  yes  these divine couple resembled Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi.  Ma performed her duties and responsibilities of the wedded wife of Bholanathji, she relentlessly served her husband in the day time, she practiced spirituality in the night hours, and this couple had a divine relationship, they continued to be Akhandabhramacharin who sincerely follow celibacy in their whole life.

Sri Anandamayi Ma –

‘Pranipath at the lotus feet of  Ma’

“Her smile is infectious”

Vishuddhadi describes her childhood days spent in Kanyapeeth, Varanasi, where girls were brought up with discipline, simplicity, and practice of meditation.  She narrated an interesting incident that happened during Basanti Puja, it is a celebration of Goddess Durga in the spring season, it is celebrated with great pomp in Kolkata.  During this auspicious occasion of Basanthi Puja, Ma serve the meals to the girls in Kanyapeeth, I could envision Goddess Annapoornni in her,  who is the mother of living beings, serves meal to the entire Universe, Ma gracefully served the meal to all the girls who were made to sit in a particular order, Didi who used to feed Ma on regular basis would hold the bucket of the meal, Ma enchantingly move around the girls serving meals with the ladle, all those girls assembled  were sung in praise of her loudly ‘Jai Ma Jai Ma’ and consumed the offerings, suddenly Ma applied those offerings on her body and hurried through the steps of river Ganga, she was so young and vibrant, she flew through a large number of steps like a jet and leaped into the waters of Ganga.  Ma beautifully narrates human are born with a purpose; we are born to experience the unison with supreme consciousness, which is the permanent cure for miseries and sorrows of worldly existence, attending the requirements of soul and  physical body are important, unfortunately, we  are still attached to the needs of our physical body.

Sri Anandamayi  Ma –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Ma!

I never had an opportunity to hear about Ma until now; recently I happened to listen to the commentary about Ma in the book of ‘Life of a Yogi’, Yoganandji described her as a divine child, later my mind was chasing to know more about that divine child, though I have seen her photographs, I know nothing about her.  I kept searching on the internet to learn more about  blissful ‘Ma’, I read and read about her, her a child like gestures, delicate physique, ever-smiling face, mellifluous and the innocent voice was completely occupied in my mind, I have fallen in love with her the moment I saw her videos.  Her beautiful explanation about the search of supreme-consciousness, her constant connection with the Supreme Being made her loss of words, she was always surrounded by divine effulgence, her soft and shiny skin tone, beautiful line of teeth, eyes that are soaked in the supreme bliss, I have not seen her without a smile for a second in any of her videos, she was absolutely liberated soul, Ma reminds me Sri Rajarajeshvari who is the Empress of Tripura, in few of her videos I have noticed her classiness while sitting, her elegance forced me to think that she is none other than the creator of trinities,  Ma reminds of Radharani who is childlike yearn for the constant unison with Supreme Lord Krishna, I have understood from the interviews were given by her divine assistants, Didi who was feeding Ma on regular basis, Ma never felt the requirement of food, Ma never knew the taste of the meal, she was not aware of sweet, bitterness, sourness, etc.. and she was not at all  interested to feel the taste of it, she  was regularly fed by Didi to keep Ma healthy, it was entirely for keeping her physical body hail and healthy.  Ma’s divine assistant Vishuddhadhi speaks about her childish act on the night of Lunar eclipse, Ma was riding in a boat with her divine attendants, the moment of Lunar eclipse was  got  over, Ma leaped into the waters of Ganga.  It made me laugh out of extreme joy.  I have been true in expressing my feelings about Ma, I am not an experienced person to write about Ma, my whole life is not enough to understand the divinity of Ma, I was trying to put my feelings for Ma, forgive me for my mistakes.

What is meditation –

Sri Ananandhamayi Ma says there is no specific discipline for practicing meditation, constant remembrance of Supreme Being is meditation, you can recite or listen to sacred texts, and you can read or re-write scriptures, there is no restriction in remembering Supreme Being, anyone can do that, any time or any place. Birds and animals never forget to chirp and produce noises in the early hours of dawn; therefore we humans should practice meditating upon Supreme Being on a regular basis.  You need not leave your family or material happiness or material world to conduct in search for supreme consciousness, all you need is a few minutes of practice on every day contemplating upon supreme being, keep few minutes  exclusively for meditation with a vow that you will not share these precious moments with no one other than supreme being, be adamant on that, after several years of practice, you can’t leave that habit, our body and mind reminds us to go on with this practice, it is the mystery of meditation.  We are satisfying all our bodily needs in the form of food, sleep, pleasure etc.., and meditation also one of the prime requirements of mind to attain self- realization and God-realization.  In ancient times, saintly people have chosen Bhramamuhurtha/early hours of dawn as the appropriate time for meditation, Thrisandhya/ dawn, noon, dusk, and darkest hours of the night/Mahanisha were considered as highly propitious hours of meditation, remembrance of Supreme being has a purifying effect on our body and mind.   Constant remembrance of Supreme Being gives immense benefit to us, it is our choice whether to follow it sincerely or not, it is called Abhyasa Yoga/Practice, with the regular practice it will become part of our indispensable activity.  Supreme Being is Mahayogi, with the regular practice of Yoga we are achieving nearness to Mahayogi/bliss, and once we put meditation into regular practice it will become natural and habitual as well.

Suffering –

I had an opportunity to listen to the speeches of Sri Anandhamayi Ma, I am writing down some of the interesting aspects in her lecture which my little brain could grasp, it added my beliefs and pursuit of learning spirituality.   Suffering is purifier of the soul; it works like a fire that burns the waste into ashes, hence suffering should be welcomed with a clear frame of mind, deeper adversities will leads to nearness to Supreme Being, it may drive the unfortunate to stay away from spirituality forever, and fortunate will make the opportunity to grow spiritually.  Suffering is unavoidable and it is essential to improve the perception, like everyday feast will make a person dull and unhealthy, therefore fasting is necessary, it will teach the agony of hunger, we will grow more caring and compassionate to people who are lacking it.  Every time sufferings chisel down our inner impurities like an ax carve a beautiful statue out of wood, we get hurt by this process, we may push hard into a state of extreme mental anguish and pain, Ma says it all momentary, all those sufferings and pain take the person nearness to supreme being which is supreme bliss, after a day’s struggle under the scorching heat of the sun gives us the opportunity to experience the coolness of moonlight, hence sufferings are purification process, it is the beginning of the search for supreme-consciousness.  Sufferings are for educating a person like a mother punishes her child for wrong-doing, a mother never abandons her child, in this way, Supreme Being shape us by putting us into momentary struggles and sufferings, depth of sufferings drive us too close to supreme being, eventually we will learn the method of master over the sufferings.  Ma beautifully explains the ultimate truth of ‘Oneness in all’, we are not free to act independently, and we are His tool.  Ma affirms that devotion is the supreme instrument to keep oneself unharmed from sufferings.

Good living –

Be good at what you do, be good at what you learn, and be good at what you think.    Learn all that arts you could in this life, never try to master it all, it is impossible, consider today is the last day to achieve, keep reading and never keep yourself away from the habit of reading and writing, I bet you these two things can keep you enthusiastic.  Invest all your energies in learning new things, who want to stick with the monotonous acts? Age is not an obstruction to learn, we have whole life before us to learn, never pay attention about what others say, it is their pastime, definitely it is not going to affect you a bit, never hate anyone in the process of growing, it is a toxic poison that could damage your health.  


Domesticated animals can teach us the greater meaning of love, spread love, and happiness.  Be genuine, you won’t hesitate to come out and meet the crowd without make-up, treat everyone fairly with respect and love, be grateful to God for the food in your plate, shelter place to sleep peacefully and stay protective, and clothing to cover nudity.  Never forget to help people who are lacking basic necessities of life, spend generous time, energy and money to serve them. Happy living!

Benefits of meditation –

Long term practice of Meditation is the source of spiritual enlightenment and mental well-being.  We all expect something in return while performing any task, a fruitful and drastic transformation which could help us to sense the happenings in life, understand the reasons for it, and approach the same in the right manner.  Meditation helps to achieve all those with gradual and mindful practice.  It makes us grow wiser and calmer; it will change the entire perception.   You will start realizing that you were stressing over the things which have less important and meaningless, all those short temperament and frustrations were eating you alive, regrets and guilt were spoiling your days and keeping you morose, pride and jealous were obstacles for your growth, constant comparison with the life of others were making you achieve nothing other than unhappiness.  Mindful living and meditation will keep you alive and confident, you will be ready to face any challenges in life, you will feel happy and contented with no reason, you will start loving your solitude, you will notice a radiant change in your approach to situations, you will grow more kind, caring and compassionate, you will learn to forget the unpleasant life events, you will learn to forgive and forget, you will be ready to motivate people and set a good example before others, you will realize that all the happenings in life has certain meaning and purpose,  finally, you will find a whole new meaning in your life.