From Bombay, Turiyananda and Brahmananda went to Mount Abu, Pushkar, Jaipur, and Vrindaban. In Vrindaban they practised severe austerities for six months. According to Indian custom, a monk begs for …
Never Ask for Anything in My Name — Sri Ramakrishna
Latu was always eager to serve his guru. One day he learned that the Master had expressed a wish to have a picture of Sri Chaitanya for his room, and the next day he went to Ramchandra in Calcutta to …
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Date Palm Juice and Black Cobra
The young disciples took turns around the clock serving the Master. Moreover, they were practising spiritual disciplines according to his instruction. They renounced hearth and home and surrendered …
How Can One Be a Good Preacher?
One day Ramakrishnananda asked Swamiji, “How can one be a good preacher?” Swamiji first touched his hand to his head and said, “One needs good intellect.” Then touching his face, he said, “One should …
Swami Bhaskareswarananda (Vipradas Maharaj)
Vipradas joined the Order in 1922 at the Bhubaneswar Math. Swami Shivanandaji, the 2nd President of the Ramakrishna Order gave him mantra-diksha and later in 1923 the sannyasa-diksha. After serving in …
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Incidents from the Life of Swami Akhandananda
Gangadhar was so compassionate that he once gave his own shirt to a poor classmate whose shirt was torn. Without telling his parents, he would secretly give food to beggars. He was a strong moralist …
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