Manomohan Mitra (1851-1903)—One of the foremost devotees of the Master, cousin of another eminent lay devotee, Ramchandra Datta. Born on 8.9.1851 in ancestral home at Konnagar in Hooghly district, …
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Hridayram Mukhopadhyay
Hridayram Mukherjee (1840-99)—Third son of the Master’s cousin Hemangini Devi and Krishnachandra of Shihar village, about 5 miles northwest of Kamarpukur. Possessed the unique distinction of having …
Swami Bhuteshananda
Swami Bhuteshananda, the twelfth President of the Ramakrishna Order, was born on 8 September 1901 at Somsar in Bankura district of West Bengal. His pre-monastic name was Vijay Chandra Roy. His parents …
Not even Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva…
Sarala (later Bharatiprana) recalled: “One day at Jayrambati, vexed with her relatives, the Mother said to them angrily: ‘Do not torture me too much. If He who dwells inside this body hisses but once, …
Kate Sanborn – Swami Vivekananda
Kate Sanborn, Miss (Catherine)—American lady, a lecturer, a writer and also an enthusiastic hostess. Owner of a farm, “Breezy Meadows”, at Metcalf near Boston, Swamiji’s first home in America. He had …
BG 4.34 तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन
तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया ।उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥34॥ तत्, विद्धि, प्रणिपातेन, परिप्रश्नेन, सेवया,उपदेक्ष्यन्ति, ते, ज्ञानम्, ज्ञानिन:, तत्त्वदर्शिन:॥ …