During one of his visits to Dakshineswar in 1881, Rakhal had a spiritual experience. Ramakrishna later recalled: “Rakhal had his first religious ecstasy while sitting here [in his room] massaging my …
Sri Sarada Devi as Sita
While in Rameswaram, as soon as she saw the image of Lord Rameswar, she exclaimed: “I see it is just the same as when I first placed it here.” She remembered that she was Sita in one of her previous …
“Mother is Not Allowing Me to Do It.”
One day Bhavanath asked the Master to take away his maya. The Master told him to come to Dakshineswar on a Tuesday or a Saturday with some food and he would swallow his maya. When Bhavanath arrived …
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Swami Vivekananda and Gopal-Ma
After God-realization illumined souls are carried along by the momentum of their past karma, but they cease to be affected by it. They behave like a witness, completely unattached to the world. They …
Tattvajnana: Knowledge of Self
Spiritual ego is so subtle that it is very difficult to wipe out. After practising a little japa, Hazra developed a superiority complex. He did not have the depth of true scriptural knowledge, but he …
“This is Our Krishna!”
As a humble devotee of Krishna, Akshay took formal initiation from his family guru a year before he met Sri Ramakrishna, and practised japa and meditation at night on the bank of the Ganges. In time, …