Voice of Vivekananda
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Once upon a time a devotee of God came to a saint of the locality and went on denouncing worldly people and their ways of life. The saint said, "Have you seen a crab? The mother crab gives birth to …
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Once upon a time while Buddha was preaching to his disciples, a thief and a public woman came to listen to his discourse. When the sun set, Buddha said, "The sun has set" and stopped his discourse. …
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(26th September, 1893) I am not a Buddhist, as you have heard, and yet I am. If China, or Japan, or Ceylon follow the teachings of the Great Master, India worships him as God incarnate on earth. …
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Golap-ma (Golap Sundari Devi, c.1840-1924) lost her daughter and was grief-stricken, so she went to Ramakrishna in Dakshineswar for consolation in the mid 1880s. Later she gave personal service to the …
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Durgacharan Nag (1846-99)—Known also as “Nag Mahashay” and “Sadhu Nag Mahashay”, born on 21.8.1846 on the first day of the bright lunar fortnight at Deobhog village in Narayanganj of Dhaka district. …
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Gauri-Ma (1857? - 1938)—Founder of Sri Sri Saradeshwari Ashrama, Baghbazar. Monastic name Gauri Puri. Born Mridani to parents Parvati Charan Chattopadhyay and Giribala Devi. Called Gaur-dasi by the …