Sri Ma Anandamayee today is widely recognized as a personality of great spiritual eminence. She was born in 1896 and she took samadhi at the age of 86; these limitations, however, cannot say to have conditioned her utter freedom to be just herself under all circumstances. She was the embodiment of joyous self-sufficiency, which enraptured the hearts of all who came near her.

The mysterious aloofness of her personality was totally beyond human understanding and yet it was so tempered by her compassionate love for all living creatures that she seemed closer than the most indulgent friend ever could be. She was the Teacher whose guidance was sought by the learned as well as the simple, the old and also children, people from alien cultures or from traditional backgrounds.

Although she traveled incessantly, it was seen that she was at home everywhere and no one was a stranger to her.