Akshay Kumar Sen has been initiated by Sri Ramakrishna. He has obtained the gracious blessings from Mother and Swamiji. The Holy Mother had told Akshay, ‘There will be a little suffering towards the …
“The Very Contact of Money is Bad.”
Temptation is the test of renunciation. All great teachers of the world have had to face this trial. Sri Ramakrishna was no exception. Hriday once conspired secretly with Lakshminarayan Marwari to get …
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Profoundity of Sri Ramakrishna’s Teachings
One summer evening in 1887, Swamiji was conversing with Haramohan in his home about the deep meaning of Sri Ramakrishna’s message. Inspired, the swami said: “Look, all philosophical thoughts are at my …
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Public Festival of Sri Ramakrishna
Shivananda returned to Belur Math on Sri Ramakrishna’s birthday. On that auspicious day he initiated some monastics into sannyasa and brahmacharya. The public festival of the Master, which was usually …
Vision of Goddess Mother Triveni
During his early days in Allahabad, Vijnanananda would go for a daily bath before sunrise in the Triveni (literally, three braids), the confluence of three holy rivers. One day after his bath, while …
Rules and Regulations
Brahmananda was more interested in building the character of the members of the Order than in framing rules and regulations that would restrict the monks’ freedom. He knew from his experience that …