I will read to you from one of the Upanishads. It is called the Katha Upanishad.[Source] The Vedanta philosophy, as it is generally called at the present day, really comprises all the various sects …
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Chandogya Upanishad 5.1.1
॥ पञ्चमोऽध्यायः ॥यो ह वै ज्येष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च वेद ज्येष्ठश्च ह वै श्रेष्ठश्च भवति प्राणो वाव ज्येष्ठश्च श्रेष्ठश्च ॥ ५.१.१ ॥ || pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ ||yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaśca …
January 1 : Kalpataru Day
It was the first day of January 1886. As the Master felt rather well that day, he expressed a desire to come out of his room and have a walk in the garden for some time. It was a holiday and the …
Indiscriminate Charity
Once a thief needing some implements with which he could carry on his profession, assumed the garb of a very poor man and going to the house of a charitable person, asked for ten rupees. As the …
Narendra Nath Mitra (The Younger Naren)
Narendranath Mitra (Chhoto Naren)—Lived at 33A, Telipara Lane, Shyampukur. M.’s pupil, taken by him to the Master. “Dark and slim, with a pock-marked face, the Master was very fond of him” (The Holy …
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Girish Chandra Ghosh
Girishchandra Ghosh (28.2.1844 - 9.2.1912)—Outstanding lay disciple of the Master, sinner turned saint. Poet, playwright, actor, one of the founders of modern Bengali theatre. As actor and playwright …