MATRI VANI From the Wisdom of SRI ANANDAMAYI MA VOLUME II ‘Translated by ATMANANDA Compiled by SISTER UMA With a Foreword by Dr, ALEXANDER LIPSKI, Ph. D.CONTENTS Published by ‘SHREE SHREE ANANDAMAYEE CHARITABLE SOCIETY, BHADAINI, VARANASI. rae Preface i Foreword: iti First Edition Notes on Pronunciation ix 1977 MATRI VANI I. Dharma 1 All rights reserved. U. Paramartha 109 WI. Japa. 181 IV. Guru 191 Price—Rs, 5.50 oF s, 10/- or $ 1.50 V. Vairigya Marga 229 VI. Ananda Svarapini (Ma on Herself) 267 Printed at— THE EUREKA PRINTING WORKS (P) LTD., Glossary 293 16, B. B. GANGULY STREET, ‘CALCUTTA-700012PREFACE This new volume of Matrt Vani, like the first, is composed of letters dictated in Bengali by Sri Anandamayi Ma in response to devotees” requests for personal advice and guidance, previously published in our quarterly, Ananda Varta. The first compilation of Matri Vani appeared in 1959 and an enlarged edition in 1963, It is now in its fourth edition. This second volume represents a much more comprehensive selection of Sri Ma's practical teaching and throws light on several subjects not touched upon inthe first volume. A few ‘of the pieces in the last chapter as well as one or two in the other chapters are not from letters but rather from Ma’s conversation, noted down and also first published in Ananda Varta.