Ramakrishna bhava Ganga It was 1935. Grand preparations were going on for Sri Ramakrishna’s Centenary Celebration. One day I went to visit the ‘Holy Mother’s house’, the Udbodhan, in Calcutta. …
Testing Swami Vivekananda
One day Ramakrishna’s whole attitude to Narendra suddenly seemed to change. The Master looked at him without the least sign of pleasure and remained silent. Narendra thought that the Master was in a …
Secrets of Swami Saradananda’s Great Success
The secrets of Saradananda’s great success in his active life were his humility and his respect for the human dignity of others. In 1918 Umananda wrote from Vrindaban to tell Saradananda that he was …
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Dry Spell in Spiritual Life – Sri Sarada Devi
Swami Mukteswarananda, a disciple of the Mother, was passing through a dry spell, which is also called the “dark night of the soul.” He even stopped visiting the Mother although he was living at …
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Selfless Cause and Service – Swami Chinmayananda
(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) In the early 1980s Pujya Gurudev announced that he would share that year’s Gurudakshina with all the centers of the West. At that time Pujya …
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“To God Riches Are Mere Dust and Straw.”
During her lifetime Rasmani had made Mathur the custodian of the Dakshineswar temple, and after her death he became the sole executor of her vast estate. Naturally this placed on him a great deal of …
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