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The idea of psychology in the West is very much degraded. Psychology is the science of sciences; but in the West it is placed upon the same plane as all other sciences; that is, it is judged by the …

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The earliest idea is that a man, when he dies, is not annihilated. Something lives and goes on living even after the man is dead. Perhaps it would be better to compare the three most ancient nations — …

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In studying the religions of the world we generally find two methods of procedure. The one is from God to man. That is to say, we have the Semitic group of religions in which the idea of God comes …

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Reason, Faith and LoveSix Sanskrit MottoesThe Message of Divine WisdomThe Belur Math: An AppealThe Advaita Ashrama, HimalayasThe Ramakrishna Home of Service, Varanasi: An appealWho Knows how Mother …

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Epistles - First SeriesInterviewsNotes from Lectures and DiscoursesQuestions and AnswersConversations and Dialogues (Recorded by Disciples - Translated)Sayings and UtterancesWritings: Prose and …

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(Translated from Bengali) INTRODUCTION CUSTOMS: EASTERN AND WESTERN FOOD AND COOKING CIVILISATION IN DRESS ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS FRANCE — PARIS PROGRESS OF CIVILISATION   I. …

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