{FN44-14} A comprehensive Sanskrit word for law; conformity
to law or natural righteousness; duty as inherent
in the circumstances in which a man finds himself
at any given time. The scriptures define dharma
as “the natural universal laws whose observance
enables man to save himself from degradation and suffering.”
{FN44-15} Matthew 7:21.
{FN44-16} Matthew 26:52.
{FN44-17} “Let not a man glory in this, that
he love his country; Let him rather glory in this,
that he love his kind."-Persian proverb.
{FN44-18} “Then came Peter to him and said,
Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and
I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith
unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times:
but, Until seventy times seven."-Matthew 18:21-22.
{FN44-19} Charles P. Steinmetz, the great electrical
engineer, was once asked by Mr. Roger W. Babson:
“What line of research will see the greatest
development during the next fifty years?” “I
think the greatest discovery will be made along spiritual
lines,” Steinmetz replied. “Here
is a force which history clearly teaches has been
the greatest power in the development of men.
Yet we have merely been playing with it and have never
seriously studied it as we have the physical forces.
Someday people will learn that material things do
not bring happiness and are of little use in making
men and women creative and powerful. Then the
scientists of the world will turn their laboratories
over to the study of God and prayer and the spiritual
forces which as yet have hardly been scratched.
When this day comes, the world will see more advancement
in one generation than it has seen in the past four.”
{FN44-20} That is, resist not evil with evil. (Matthew
5:38-39)
THE BENGALI “JOY-PERMEATED” MOTHER
“Sir, please do not leave India without a glimpse
of Nirmala Devi. Her sanctity is intense; she
is known far and wide as Ananda Moyi Ma (Joy-Permeated
Mother).” My niece, Amiyo Bose, gazed at
me earnestly.
“Of course! I want very much to see the
woman saint.” I added, “I have read
of her advanced state of God-realization. A little
article about her appeared years ago in east-west.”
“I have met her,” Amiyo went on.
“She recently visited my own little town of
Jamshedpur. At the entreaty of a disciple, Ananda
Moyi Ma went to the home of a dying man. She
stood by his bedside; as her hand touched his forehead,
his death-rattle ceased. The disease vanished
at once; to the man’s glad astonishment, he was
well.”
A few days later I heard that the Blissful Mother
was staying at the home of a disciple in the Bhowanipur
section of Calcutta. Mr. Wright and I set out
immediately from my father’s Calcutta home.
As the Ford neared the Bhowanipur house, my companion
and I observed an unusual street scene.
