Sri Anandamayi Ma –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Ma !

This divine couple enjoyed their celibacy in a state of supreme bliss.  Ma, who is a beautiful, young and vibrant girl with a soft and melodious voice, thin delicate physique, an ever-lasting smile on her face, captured the attention of all.  Her loud laughter has the resemblance to the surging waters of Ganga from the mountain peaks, it echoed in the hearts of her devotees.  She extended a magnificent light of optimism, kindness, forgiveness, tolerance, selflessness, unconditional love and compassion which drawn a multitude of people towards her.  Whenever the Supreme Being incarnates on Earth, they bring all their celestial assistants to take care of their needs, Supreme Being assumes the form of a human on Earth to accomplish their specific purpose.  The objectives are very clear, save the soul from the worldly bondage, miseries, and sorrows, and liberate them from the repeated births.    As part of the purification process, the divine personalities initiate us to spirituality; they prompt us to gain knowledge/Jnana yoga, knowledge of self and God- realization.    During the execution of tasks of divine personalities, they will definitely capture the attention of ordinary and fortunate souls with their godly deeds, though the Supreme Being makes all efforts to hide within them.  She is absolute Bhramam, does a supreme being requires a preceptor to initiate to the knowledge of Bramham?  She took self-initiation to spirituality, her devotion and spiritual practices took her into different heights, though she was not a Sanskrit scholar, mystic syllables flew out of her lips effortlessly, her delicate fingers drew mystic design of Yanthra, she was completely immersed in a state of ecstasy, and her life was completely dedicated to the spiritual practices.  She had started a spiritual journey with her beloved husband Bholanathji who became one of her disciples.  Her horoscope predictions proved it right, she was not meant to carry out the duty of a householder, she was meant to take the responsibilities of the entire house-holders bringing them in the path of righteousness.  She traveled extensively to be in the union with the Supreme Being, she attracted millions of hearts with her mesmerizing smile and simplicity.

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.