Voice of Vivekananda
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Sometime before Sri Ramakrishna started to practise nondualistic Vedanta, his mother moved to Dakshineswar from Kamarpukur. Mathur had great regard for her and would call her “Grandma.” Mathur was …
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Ramakrishna recognized Tarak as one of his inner circle. Later Tarak reminisced: One day Sri Ramakrishna said: “Well, so many people come here. I seldom ask anyone about his home and family, or …
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On another occasion when Devendra visited Dakshineswar, the Master said to him: “You see, I am thinking deeply of a woman whom I have not seen for a long time.” This immediately created a doubt in …
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This incident happened in the life of Swami Abhedananda: On 7 May 1915, during World War I, a British liner was destroyed by a German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Cork coast of Ireland. …
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During the year 1897, Murshidabad in Bengal was reeling under severe drought. When Swami Akhandananda went there, he saw death and decay everywhere. In the villages, he saw emaciated cattle and their …
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Chandra Mohan Datta wrote in his reminiscences: Holy Mother graciously revealed her true nature to me. She made me understand that she was a goddess of heaven, born as a human being to deliver us. …
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