– Ambika Kumari (1961).
What is the culture and value of a man? We should hold that the real culture of a man is his mental purification and the value is the amount of his spirituality. The truth that the culture of man has reached its zenith in Bharat may be a matter of sarcasm to some people. This is the era of many inventions and investigations. By his intelligence man has invented many new things to enrich his earthly pleasures. Through his intelligence the bombs are produced in this world as destructive weapons. Animals face their enemies and fight with their physical organs. But man, the most intellectual being in the world, wants to use bombs and other things for destruction of his fellowmen. We cannot call such a nature as the culture of man. That is the devilish aspect of the mentality of man. A man with pure sattwic nature is really a cultured man.
Bharat is fortunate indeed in having given birth to great saints like Vyasa, Valmiki, and Shankar; great incarnations like Sri Rama and Sri Krishna who were the embodiments of dharma and love; renowned Pativratas like Sita and Savithri. Even in this scientific era the glorious heritage is not lost in Bharat. Even now, in this twentieth century, her spiritual glory shines through enlightened personages.
In the battle of Kurukshetra where the armies of the Kourawas and Pandavas were facing each other Parthasarathy, the great Lord told his friend Arjuna: “Whenever righteousness declines and wickedness raises its head I take birth to re-establish righteousness”. These lustrous words proclaim the glorious truth, that when spirituality declines, incarnations appear. Avathars are great souls who assumed bodies for the working out a purpose – the uplift of humanity.
To enliven the Pativratya and the dharma of grihasthashram an incarnation has happened in the gracious form of Sadguru Sri Rama Devi. She is a lighthouse to those who long for liberation. From her the words of Parthasarathy flew anew. Do your duties, do your dharma. The law of perfect life is dharma which is inseparable from truth. The imperceptible truth reveals itself to the inner vision of the votary of dharma and the mysterious course of dharma becomes visible to the subtle vision of the worshipper of truth.
It is not easy for one to gain superconsciousness -nirvikalpa Samadhi – even in absolute solitude. But remaining in the environments of home, in the midst of her household duties, Mother attained it. After nirvikalpa samadhi one would be unable to come back to one’s physical state and to do one’s duties on earth. But Mother is still amidst us and is working in this world for the spiritual uplift of those groping in the darkness of samsara. She is incarnated divinity; an embodiment of love and dharma. She gives the helping hand across the eddying waters to reach the other shore of samsara. She gives spiritual guidance. She teaches domestic and social duties in the light of spirituality. Her love is to gladden the present and light to illuminate the dark pathways of the future.
What is the culture and value of a man? We should hold that the real culture of a man is his mental purification and the value is the amount of his spirituality. The truth that the culture of man has reached its zenith in Bharat may be a matter of sarcasm to some people. This is the era of many inventions and investigations. By his intelligence man has invented many new things to enrich his earthly pleasures. Through his intelligence the bombs are produced in this world as destructive weapons. Animals face their enemies and fight with their physical organs. But man, the most intellectual being in the world, wants to use bombs and other things for destruction of his fellowmen. We cannot call such a nature as the culture of man. That is the devilish aspect of the mentality of man. A man with pure sattwic nature is really a cultured man.
Bharat is fortunate indeed in having given birth to great saints like Vyasa, Valmiki, and Shankar; great incarnations like Sri Rama and Sri Krishna who were the embodiments of dharma and love; renowned Pativratas like Sita and Savithri. Even in this scientific era the glorious heritage is not lost in Bharat. Even now, in this twentieth century, her spiritual glory shines through enlightened personages.
In the battle of Kurukshetra where the armies of the Kourawas and Pandavas were facing each other Parthasarathy, the great Lord told his friend Arjuna: “Whenever righteousness declines and wickedness raises its head I take birth to re-establish righteousness”. These lustrous words proclaim the glorious truth, that when spirituality declines, incarnations appear. Avathars are great souls who assumed bodies for the working out a purpose – the uplift of humanity.
To enliven the Pativratya and the dharma of grihasthashram an incarnation has happened in the gracious form of Sadguru Sri Rama Devi. She is a lighthouse to those who long for liberation. From her the words of Parthasarathy flew anew. Do your duties, do your dharma. The law of perfect life is dharma which is inseparable from truth. The imperceptible truth reveals itself to the inner vision of the votary of dharma and the mysterious course of dharma becomes visible to the subtle vision of the worshipper of truth.
It is not easy for one to gain superconsciousness -nirvikalpa Samadhi – even in absolute solitude. But remaining in the environments of home, in the midst of her household duties, Mother attained it. After nirvikalpa samadhi one would be unable to come back to one’s physical state and to do one’s duties on earth. But Mother is still amidst us and is working in this world for the spiritual uplift of those groping in the darkness of samsara. She is incarnated divinity; an embodiment of love and dharma. She gives the helping hand across the eddying waters to reach the other shore of samsara. She gives spiritual guidance. She teaches domestic and social duties in the light of spirituality. Her love is to gladden the present and light to illuminate the dark pathways of the future.