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Sri Sarada Devi
(By Swami Saradeshananda)

Part One

1. Sri Sarada Devi The Holy Mother

2. Sri Sarada Devi – Mother and Daughter in one

3. Indian woman as ‘Daughter’ and as

4. The ‘Little Child’ in the Mother’s Nature

5. The Mother at Jayrambati and at Koalpara

6. The Mother before and after Radhu’s Advent

7. The Mother and Swami Saradananda

8. A Glimpse into the Mother’s Household

9. The Mother’s Life of Detachment

10. The Mother’s great Care and

11. The Mother’s Residence after the Master’s Demise

12. The Udbodhan House and the Leelaprasanga

13. The Mother’s Life at the Udbodhan House

14. The Mother’s unmotivated Love: Instance at Chandra Babu

15. The Mother at Jayrambati

16. As the Mother of the Master’s Disciples

17- 20 The Holy Mother and Swami Suddhanandaji & Mother’s Unmotivated Love

21. Mother’s extraordinary Anxiety for a sick stranger Son

22. Mother’s unmotivated Love – fifth Instance of a Messenger Woman

23. Mother’s universal love – the sixth Instance of an erring Widow

24. The Mother’s Universal Love – Seventh Instance, of the Boy Govinda

25. The Mother’s Sense of Sharing

26. Disciples of both sexes in the Mother’s Household: How they lived

27. The Mother and her Disciples: Rajen Maharaj

28. Life at Jayrambati: Mother’s Solicitude for Children

29. A Scene on a Pithey Sankranti Day

30. The feud between Nalini-Didi and Chhota-Mami

31. Nalini-Didi’s Pollution Phobia

32. Some Pranks of the mad Chhota-Mami

33. Some Public Criticism of the Mother

34. Women Visitors to the Mother’s House

35. The Mother’s Way of Teaching

36. The Mother’s Attitude towards Presents

37. Story of the Present of Fried Rice

38. Story of the Savoury Pithey

39. Taking of the Mother’s Foot-Print

40. The Mother’s Physical Features

41. Expressions of motherly Love: Feeding of Devotees

42. Some Scenes at Jagaddhatri Puja

43. Mother Receiving Worship

44. Mother’s Love of Her Devotees: Her Letters

45. The Mother’s Practical Wisdom: Examples

46. Example One

47. Example Two

48. Example Three

49. More of The Mother’s Correspondence with Devotees

50. The Uniqueness of the Mother’s Way of Initiation

51. Instances of Disciples initiated by The Mother: First Instance

52. Second Instance

53. Third Instance

54. Fourth Instance

55. Other Examples of the Mother’s Grace

56. The Case of a school boy Devotee

57. Cases of the Mother giving Initiation without any Formalities

58. Brahmacharin and Sannyasin Disciples

59. Social Criticism against Mother giving Sannyasa

60. Yahthartha Ghosh and the Mother

61. Mother’s Preference for Renunciation: Instance of Banku

62. Mother’s Regard for Sannyasins: Other Instances

63. Love as the sustaining Principle in Life

64. Sarada the Gladdener of the Mukherji Family

65. The Mother at Vrindavan

66. The Mother at Kamarpukur

67. Pilgrimages to the South and other Places

68. The two phases of Mother and Daughter in her

69. Juxtaposition of contrary Sentiments

70. The Mother’s Behaviour like a Small Girl

71. The Incident of the severed Carpet-seat

72. The Meaning of the Human Weaknesses of Incarnations

73. The Mother receiving Service from the Son

74. The Incident of Milk polluted with dry Fish

75. The Incident of Rice cooked in Clarified Butter

77. Mother’s Grace on Rashbehari Maharaj

78. Mother’s Grace on another

79. The Transcendent Nature of the Mother

80. Mother’s Readiness to bear others’ Sorrows

81. Mother’s Reaction to the Story of Dhruva

82. Molestation of the Mother’s Disciples by the Police

83. A Police Officer at The Mother’s House

84. Mother’s Grace on uninitiated Disciples

82. A Birthday Celebration of The Mother

83. The Mother’s Anna-Prasad and Prabodh Babu

84. A sensational Jagaddhatri Puja at the Mother’s House

85. The Mother’s last Illness

86. The Mother’s Condescension to a lowly-placed Son

87. The Last Days of the Mother

88. Events after her Passing Away

89. The Mother as Saraswati

PART TWO

1. Instances of how the Mother gave timely and wise Advice

2. Advice to one complaining of Work

3. Complaints of an Ashrama Head against Assistants

4. Her Attitude towards Appeals for Public Funds and their Use

5. On Offerings and Subscriptions

6. Superficiality of People’s Devotion

7. How the Mother cautioned the Monastic Disciples from mixing with Women too much

8. The Mother’s Attitude towards Worldly Values

9. The Mother’s Patience in Suffering

10. The Mother’s Reaction to excruciating Suffering

11. The Mother’s Way of Life

12. The Mother’s Concern for the Poor: Case of Haridas Vairagi

13. The Incident of the Palanquin Bearers

14. Swami Saradananda’s Departure

15. How the Mother was anxious to Feed Her Children

16. The Mother’s Solicitude for the physical and spiritual Welfare of Disciples

17. The Mother’s Way of Life in the World

18. Some Instructions of the Mother

19. Sri Sarada Devi as the Daughter-Mother of her Intimate Devotees

20. The Four Women Companions of the Mother

21. Caution in Understanding the Words of the Great

22. The Substance of the Mother’s Teachings