Swami Adbhutananda, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, narrated the following incident: “One day the Master touched brother Niranjan, and for three days and three nights Niranjan did not get one wink of …
‘Sri Ramakrishna has come’ – Nag Mahasaya
Three years after the passing away of his father, Nag Mahashay became seriously ill with colic and dysentery. He said to his wife: “My prarabdha karma [action performed in a past life, the fruit of …
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“To forget the world, go to see M.”
M., the recorder of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, was one of Sri Ramakrishna’s householder disciples. In later years, people would say: “If you want to forget the world, go to see M. He knows how to …
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“What a Great, Loving Heart!”
Once Swami Vivekananda was giving a class on the Rig Veda and was in the process of explaining how creation evolved from sound, when Girish arrived. Turning to him, the swami said: “Well, G.C., you do …
Inspired Talks and Thousand Island Park
After a short visit to Camp Percy, Swamiji went to Thousand Island Park on the Saint Lawrence River in New York State. Miss Elizabeth Dutcher, a Vedanta student, gave her cottage to Swamiji so that he …
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Endowed With Power of Chinnamasta
Nistarini’s devotion for the Master was phenomenal, and he knew that she was a part of the Divine Mother. Swami Mukteswarananda wrote in his reminiscences: “We heard that one day while waving incense …