Sri Sarada Devi, the holy mother;: Her life and conversations

The Holy Mother At Fifty-Two

CONTENTS PAGE

CHAP.

PREFACE

v BOOK I

LIFE OF THE HOLY MOTHER

I. Ancestry II.

ni. IV.

v.

VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX.

Birth and Education Marriage Visit to :Dakshineswar . The Fiery Ordeal The Ascent to Motherhood At the Feet of the Master In the Service of the Master In the Passing of Events The Master's Demise and After Pilgrimage to Brindavan Life at Kamarpukur and After In the Setting of Domestic Life Her Spiritual Ministry Glimpses of her Personality More Pilgrimages Her Later Life . Her Message The End

3 7 12 23 32 40 47 57 88

102 111 120 132 161 196 228

238 270 284

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BOOK II

CONVERSATIONS OF THE HOLY MOTHER CHAP.

PAGE

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE XX. Conversations : First Series

297

From the Diary of a Woman Disciple 301

XXI.

Conversations : Second Series From the Diary of a Monastic Disciple 406

XXII. Conversations: Third Series From the Diaries of Several Disciples, Monastic and Lay 513

APPENDICES : 1. Chronology 2. The Horoscope of the Holy Mother 3. Bibliography INDEX AND GLOSSARY

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565 . 569

2. Sri Ramakrishna In a High State of Yoga

4. The Holy Mother At Forty-Five