we couldn't even begin to and if we were
in less
all of the accomplishments that all of
the blessings all of the things that she
did in the fulfillment of that charge
that our guru placed on on her near the
end of his life when he was giving more
and more responsibilities to her she
resisting and wanting only to be a
humble devotee please gorgey I beg you
don't put me in a position of leadership
I just want to be a bhakta loving God
serving humbly behind the scenes and
still he gave her more responsibility
more more of that outward leadership
finally she resigned to the will of God
and accepted what he was asking of her
and then he was able to say to her now
my work is finished and yours begins but
think of the just a few of the things
that she has done for us I think first
and foremost in mah herself I heard her
say on several times the responsibility
and the privilege that she had over all
those years of recording gorgeous
classes and lectures and words of
guidance words of informal counsel there
was ma with her little shorthand
notebook the little pen and those of you
who visit mother center in these days
you can see there's one of those on
display honoring this MA MA often said
she said of all of the ways that I have
served that to me is the most important
because look what she preserved not only
for all of us but for all those who are
going to come what would there even be
of gorgeous if she hadn't have been
sitting there for all of those 20 years
faithfully capturing word by word that
pathway to God for all of us but also
not only that but building up the
organization its worldwide centers and
and meditation groups building up the
srf and yss monastic order into what we
have today or organizing and spreading
all over the world this worldwide prayer
circle which again was a seed thought of
gorgey that he left with her and that
today is a is a potent force a silent
force but a potent
force for healing and world peace around
the world and building up the work in
India it was so dear to Georgie's life
before he left his body he said I want
you to promise me you will take the same
interest in our work in India as I would
if I were here because he wasn't able to
go back and she promised him and from
that first visit in 1958 all of her
subsequent visits really resurrecting it
from an almost moribund state in which
she found it - this nationally respected
and thriving and spiritually radiant
organization that is you'll go to such
anga society today there were two sof
devotees who wrote a letter to ma some
years ago and I think I was so touched
when I when I read this that summing up
just her the accomplishments and a
beautiful mental images I want to put
before you
they said you may you may find this odd
but here's how we envision your life of
accomplishments they said not long ago
we we were at a circus where we saw a
young woman standing on the backs of two
white horses running in tandem thinking
of this we reflected on the years of
your presidency we saw you standing on
the back of one horse called
spirituality and one horse called
organization your job was to move both
of them forward the whole team forward
and you couldn't afford to let one horse
get ahead of the other while the circus
girl rode along a safe route you've had
to ride night and day up mountains and
down through bad times and good for
decades and you were never allowed to
tire isn't that beautiful and I want to
close just with these words that our GU
wrote personally to die Amata G in his
handwriting many years ago he wrote to
her many years God has traveled us
together working for him
your sincere joyous intelligent service
to srf and to God have been extremely
pleasing to me and then he said may you
be born in the cosmic mother and inspire
all with your spiritual motherliness
only only to bring others to god by the
example of your life
blessings eternal barman see Yogananda
beloved ma loving pranams
from my heart and i know in that halo of
God's love that is emanated from you
these many many years you will always be
near
sister bhakti will you speak
I would like to read a message from our
vice-president Shri Malala numata who as
you know had such a long and loving
association with our beloved Dai Amata
as divine friends and as fellow
disciples of our beloved guru serving
his work she says dear ones on this
sacred occasion as we honor our beloved
she died Amata inwardly I join you in
spirit in laying at her feet
my soul's love reverence and gratitude
for the countless ways that her example
has illumined our lives and for the
blessing of her divine friendship
through these many years she has touched
our hearts so deeply because we have
each felt her love for God which was the
essence of her life from the time she
came to go to Jesus rooms as a young
girl until her last days on earth that
love was her joy and spiritual
nourishment her inspiration in carrying
out her countless responsibilities and
it flowed ceaselessly into her
interactions with people of all walks of
life in the infinite love of God and
guru her soul has now merged again as we
hold in our hearts her example and
resolve to cultivate in our own lives a
deeper relationship with the divine I
pray you will feel in an ever greater
way her loving presence and blessings
Jai guru Jima in their love and divine
friendship Mrinalini mata
Swami's swearing under would you speak
to the thousands and thousands of Indian
devotees the amethyst G was more than
the president of you're assessing
society and self-realization fellowship
she was the Sangha Mata meaning the
mother of the organization and also the
spiritual successor of our Gurudev
paramhamsa yogananda ji diamo last
visited India in 1972-73 some 37 years
ago two generations of devotees have
never met Arzo Dhamma just the same she
is enshrined in the hearts and thoughts
of those thousands and thousands spread
all over Indian subcontinent guru ji
paramhamsa yogananda founded the
organisation yss diameter ji established
that foundation the establish that
organization and a firm foundation to
fulfill the wish of guru ji to take care
of his work in India Dhamma visited
India five times between 1958 and 1973
she traveled throughout the country
enduring many a hardship but inspiring
many many devotees she understood the
traditions and the needs of India and
guided the organization accordingly but
without losing the focus on core guru
G's teachings here is a tribute from one
the Indian devotee we recently received
to demonstrate this point as an Indian
and as a Hindu I lay my heartfelt
gratitude at the feet of our beloved mom
for having unwaveringly staunchly and
devotedly carried our gurus teachings in
their purest form into the 21st century
such humility devotion and selflessness
can only be expressed by the truly
divine where there has been no thought
of are no thought of for this self guru
G's words to Dhamma
only love can take my place where a
living loving demonstrated testimony of
her life lived in dutiful service to our
guru ji prima with our paramhamsa
yogananda ji like that she won the
hearts of countless devotees both
intellectuals and simple people
personally I am
so grateful to her because without her
invoices I would not have received creo
--ga but for her hard work I would not
have received even the first set of
yodel lessons by Gurudev which changed
my life for the better she was
responsible for growing this
organization and sustaining the growth
all along for over 55 years she
personally guided the organization