Holy Mother's Assurance:
"Once in Udbodhan House, Golap-ma* cleaned the toilet and then after changing her cloth, she began to cut fruit for offering. Nalini could not bear it. She asked Golap-ma to bathe in the Ganges, but Golap-ma ignored her. Later the Mother commented: "How pure Golap's mind is. How high-souled she is. Therefore, she does not discriminate so much between pure and impure things. She does not bother about rules regarding external purity. This is her last birth."
The concept of ''last birth" is a controversial topic. According to the Katha Upanishad, "When all the desires dwelling in the heart fall away, then the mortal becomes Immortal and here attains Brahman."
Krishna says in the Gita: "At the time of death, a person who leaves his body remembering me alone, he attains my being. Of this there is no doubt."(8:5)
Buddha said that nirvana is possible when a person becomes free from desire.
Ramakrishna said, "For those who come 'here,' it will be their last birth." The word 'here' may be interpreted as referring to God. When a person realizes God, his heart becomes illumined and all desires disappear, so he will not have to come back again. Holy Mother was omniscient and she knew the destiny of each individual. She reassured her disciples that the Master would come to receive them at their time of death.
*Golap-Ma was the disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother's companion. Sri Ramakrishna's touch transformed her ( a poor, grief-stricken widow) into a dedicated saint.
-Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play
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