Concern for devotees While I was in the Training Centre during 1968-69, I sometimes was called to write some letters for Swami Abhayananda Maharaj, generally known as Bharat Maharaj. He was very …
‘The Master, Mother, and Swamiji have come’ – Swami Ramakrishnananda
One morning at 9:00 a.m., a couple of days before his passing away, the Swami [Swami Ramakrishnananda] was lying down with closed eyes. His attendant was silently seated nearby. All of a sudden Swami …
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‘Sufficient to Keep Your Mind Fixed on Me.’
Swami Trigunatitananda was skeptical about the existence of ghosts; he had visited a number of haunted houses and found nothing to substantiate claims of ghostly inhabitants. This aroused in him a …
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“Give Me the Medicine” – Sri Sarada Devi
Vaikuntha (later Swami Maheswarananda) of Bankura was an allopathic doctor, but later began to practise homeopathy because it was less expensive for poor people who could not afford to buy allopathic …
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Sri Ramakrishna’s birthday celebrations – Swami Shivananda
The public festival of the Master’s birthday celebrations, which was usually attended by thousands, would normally be held on a Sunday. The previous night there was a torrential rain, and water …
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Sri Ramakrishna and Gopala
It was the spring of 1885. One morning at 3:00 a.m. Gopal-ma started to practise her japa as usual. After finishing the japa she began pranayama and was about to offer the result of the japa to her …