One winter day the Master expressed a wish to eat jamruls (star apples). It is a juicy tropical fruit, only available in summer. Shashi knew that the Master was a man of truth and that such a person’s …
Secret of Memory – Swami Chinmayananda
(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) Once Pujya Gurudev’s telephone diary was lost. But he remained undisturbed and dictated hundreds of addresses of people for the volunteer to note …
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“Renounce Lust and Gold”
Premananda followed his guru’s teaching “renounce lust and gold” till death. Once in Calcutta he found a bag in a carriage. He asked the driver to take him to the place where he dropped his last …
Self-control and Truthfulness
Ramakrishna kept close watch over the disciples’ eating, sleeping, and day-to-day behaviour. Since only a good student can be a good teacher, the Master uncompromisingly trained his inner-circle …
“Please accept my last pranam.” – Swami Subodhananda
Swami Subodhananda was practising austerities in Gaya when he had a life threatening experience which he later described: ‘It was the month of August. I saw a person wade through the Phalgu river and …
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‘Don’t worry; I am looking after him.’ – Sri Ramakrishna
On 25 April 1933 Shivananda had a stroke. His right side was paralyzed and very soon his speech became impaired. A few months later Vijnanananda arrived at Belur Math to see him. When the monks asked …
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