Quotes by Sri Anandamayi Ma

Taken from books: (work in progress)

• The Essential Sri Anandamayi Ma: Life and Teaching of a 20th Century Indian Saint – Paperback (Oct. 25, 2007) by Anandamayi Ma and Joseph A. Fitzgerald

1. At Varanasi Ma was practically inundated by crowds of darshan seekers. Whatever had remained of Her “private” life was swallowed up by Her duties to those who sought spiritual solace from Her. Bholanath (Ma’s husband) had to adjust himself to a life that included few of the normal aspects of a householder’s existence. In December, 1928, Anandamayi Ma decided that the time has come to intensify Bholanath’s sadhana. She told him to go for solitary meditation to Tarapeeth, a sacred site whose cremation grounds are ideally suited for yogic practices.
2. Warning people not to depend on book learning, Ma taught in a simple, homely language, often by means of parables, just as did Ramakrishna.