Kali as seen by Sri Ramakrishna

Kali, the Mother and Ramakrishna

The Master said:
"I have seen the Mother both  ways [with form and without form]. She is the indivisible Satchidananda, and again she assumes various forms for the devotees. At Kalighat [in South Calcutta] I saw the Divine Mother playing with some children and chasing a butterfly. Another time I saw her walking on the Adi Ganga." 

On one occasion the Master told us: "Mother has come. She is wearing a red-bordered sari and has tied a bunch of keys in the corner of her cloth." He said this in the presence of Keshab Sen and others in his room at Dakshineswar. People heard the Master's words, but the Master alone heard the Mother's words.

Another day he said: "The Mother is going up and down the stairs in the temple. Her hair is dishevelled, and her anklets are making a jhun-jhun sound."

Once in Cossipore he said, "Today I saw the Mother playing a vina [a musical instrument]."  The Master was absorbed in the formless aspect of the Mother for six months at the time of his sadhana.

One day I went to Dakshineswar and found the Master sweeping the garden path to the north of his room. Seeing me, he said, "The Mother walks here, so I am cleaning the path."

-Ramakrishna As We Saw Him