Voice of Vivekananda
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Ramchandra Datta, Latu’s (Swami Adbhutananda) employer, was one of the first disciples to come to Sri Ramakrishna. Having a devotional nature, Ramchandra loved to speak about the Master, which …
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Although the Ramakrishna Order has never involved itself in politics, the presence of the former revolutionaries brought police surveillance upon the Order. When Atmaprakashananda joined the Udbodhan …
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(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) Once a local businessman came to Pujya Gurudev after the Jnana Yagna and handed him a Gurudakshina envelope. Next an administrator from one of the …
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Sri Ramakrishna used to say: “The sannyasin, the man of renunciation, is a world teacher. It is his example that awakens the spiritual consciousness of men.” Ramakrishnananda was a sannyasin of …
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In 1885 Baburam was preparing for his Entrance examination, but after meeting the Master he cared very little for study. On 7 March 1885 Ramakrishna said to Baburam: “Where are your books? Aren’t you …
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Once in Dakshineswar some nondualistic devotees came from Varanasi to visit the Master when Gangadhar was present. He later recorded their conversation in his memoirs: One person asked, “Sir, how …
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