Quotes: As the Flower Sheds its Fragrance by Atmananda

As the Flower Sheds its Fragrance : Sublime Sayings and Teachings of Shree Shree Anandamayee Ma from the Dairies of a Western Devotee

Atmananda


Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha, Varanasi, 2020, third edition. 216 pages.

One day the following discussion took place between Mataji and a devotee of many years standing:

Devotee:  We listen to so much that is beautiful
Mataji:  Beautiful? As long as you make a distinction between beautiful and ugly you have not listened.
Devotee:  .. and some we understand.…
Mataji:  'We understand' - that is useless, for he who understands, and what is understood, have remained separate
Devotee:  ... and some we forget…
Mataji:  Forget? Forget the forgetting - death must die. 
Devotee:  ... and some we remember….  
Mataji:  Remember? That means you keep it in your mind. Throw it away - lay it at His feet. What I say is - keep satsang. Satsang in Reality means the realisation of WHAT IS! (Sat Swarup ka Prakash). Remain in the shade of 'trees' - trees meaning mahatmas, seekers after Truth, those who do not call anyone, nor send anyone away. Listen to them! Who can tell when you will learn how to listen' and then you will hear the Shabda Brahman, so that there will be no more listener and no listening. A similar thing holds good for what is called darshan. People come, have darshan and go away again. But real darshan means that one can never be apart from the vision anymore.  -- page 74

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