Baul Amrita Bindu - #1

Background - Maa's visit to Thiruvannamalai in August, 2025. After the Girivalam, she is having tea on the steps of amphitheatre at Aranyak ( space where maa was hosted by Suromita ). A devotee asked this question about spiritual practice. 

Question 

Maa, we hear in all these devotional songs where poet ultimately says - 

I know nothing 

When will I reach you 

When will I attain to your feet 

Now, these devotees are very advanced spiritual practitioners. If they are saying this after years of sadhana, what does it really mean? 

Maa : 

Let me share with you my personal experience. When I started on the path , I too had similar reflection. But this episode help clear my doubts. 

I used to visit this very senior Baul master enthusiastically to show my singing. 

He would say , Maa you have to sing more ,learn more and practice more. 

So in few days I would return to him to show how I progressed. 

He would says enthusiastically - oh wow! You are almost there. You almost reached. Only little bit left. 

So i started practicing even more , and two three years later i go back to him - Dayal Baba ( he was 120 yr old , they said ) ..he again said 

Oooo so nice maa, darun hoyche , khub sundor , pray pauche gache - you are almost there. 

Then I said to myself , three years and still I didn't reach ! 

So went back , practiced and came back and sang. Third time. I sing for him. He said -

It is even better , you are almost there. 

Then finally I said - 

Baba , when will I reach ? 

Then he said - 

It's always good to remain , not reach.

So , there is always something, a little more. 

So therefore , you will find that in most of the poetry of those who are saints , they always put themselves in that position. 

Thoda sa baaki rehta hai  ( a little bit is always left ) 

Wo rehne do ( let it be that way ) 

Wohi accha hai ( that is how it should be)

Sab jaan liya tho boring hai ( if one knows everything, it's boring.) 

Anyone , even greatest of the saint you ask , they will say - 

I don't know amma

I am still learning

( Then maa gave similar example about Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from Sikshashtakam , who says something similar.) 

Joy Guru