As The Flower Sheds, Its Fragrance by Atmananda

By: Atmananda Atmananda

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When approaching God, one has to give everything, all one possesses. But people say: ‘How am I to give up my pride, my anger, my self-importance, how can I bear insult without a murmur?’ When you give everything, you get everything.” ~ Anandamayee Ma Shree Shree Anandamayee Ma (1896–1982) was a unique incarnation of Divinity. Irresistibly attractive, radiant, serene and blissful, Ma had no identification with Her own person. When Ma was asked by Paramahansa Yogananda to say something of Her life, She said, “My consciousness has never associated itself with this temporary body. Before I came on this earth, Father, ‘I was the same.’ As a little girl, ‘I was the same.’ I grew into womanhood, but still ‘I was the same.’ And in front of you now, ‘I am the same.’ Ever afterward, though the dance of creation change around me in the hall of eternity, ‘I shall be the same.’” Swami Sivananda of the Divine Life Society has described Her as "the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced.” “The Universe was created out of joy and this is why you find joy in the fleeting things of the world. Without joy, life is an ordeal. You must try to attain to that great Joy which has brought forth the world.” ~ Anandamayee Ma