Guru Purnima 2011

I phoned Sadhu Baba's ashram yesterday on the occasion of Guru Purnima, the annual festival to worship Sri Guru, and had a brief talk with my Guru-sister Tulsi Saha about the extraordinary position of women in the ashram. This inspired me to add the following paragraph to (p.33-34) Sadhu Baba's hagiography on my website:
বাবার আশ্রমে মেযেদের ৱিশেষাধিকার্ বিষয জিজ্ঞাসা করিলে দিদি বলিল যে "বাবা বলিতেন যে 'ইহাই মেযেদের আশ্রম. ছেলেদের কত ভজন করার স্থান আছে, কিন্তু মেযেদের ভজন করার স্থান কোথায? সেই জন্য এটী মেযেদের আশ্রম হবে. ঠাকুর সেৱায, রান্না সেৱায ও কীর্তন সেৱায মেযেদের এখানে ৱিশেষাধিকার আছে!"
Advaita Das: “During my time in Sadhu Baba’s Ashram, I was surprised to see the prominent role given to ladies in the Ashram. All kirtans were led by ladies, all deity worship was performed by them as well as all of the cooking. When I inquired about the reason, my Guru-sister Tulsi explained: ‘Baba said that there are already so many Ashrams where boys and men can perform their sadhana, but where is the place where girls and women can perform sadhana? Hence this will be a lady’s Ashram.”

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Jai Sri Sri Gurudeva!
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