Gopal-ma had immense love for the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. In July 1902, when the news of Swami Vivekananda’s passing away reached Kamarhati, she was in her room. She cried out in pain, “Ah, …
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The First Steps – Bhakti Yoga | Swami Vivekananda
The philosophers who wrote on Bhakti defined it as extreme love for God. Why a man should love God is the question to be solved; and until we understand that, we shall not be able to grasp the subject …
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God Sees Into The Mind of a Man – Sri Ramakrishna
Ramchandra Datta, Latu’s (Swami Adbhutananda) employer, was one of the first disciples to come to Sri Ramakrishna. Having a devotional nature, Ramchandra loved to speak about the Master, which …
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“Who Can Insult Me?” – Swami Saradananda
Although the Ramakrishna Order has never involved itself in politics, the presence of the former revolutionaries brought police surveillance upon the Order. When Atmaprakashananda joined the Udbodhan …
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Swami Shraddhananda
Shraddhananda, Swami (Bimal Maharaj, 1907-96)—Distinguished monk of the Order, “torchbearer of Vedanta” in America. Disciple of Swami Shivananda (1925), joined the Order (1930) at Belur Math. Served …
Chose to be His instrument – Swami Chinmayananda
(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) Once a local businessman came to Pujya Gurudev after the Jnana Yagna and handed him a Gurudakshina envelope. Next an administrator from one of the …
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