Sri Ramakrishna once warned Adhar not to ride horseback, but Adhar did not take his words seriously. On 6 January 1885, Adhar went by horse to inspect the Manicktala Distillery. On his way home, at …
Balaram’s Father and Sri Ramakrishna
At Balaram’s repeated request, his father, Radhamohan, came to Calcutta from Vrindaban to meet the Master. Sri Ramakrishna knew that Radhamohan was a steadfast member of the Vaishnava sect, but he …
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Practise Spiritual Disciplines
On 20 December 1936 a devotee asked Vijnanananda at Belur Math: “One is supposed to repeat the mantram with joy, but quite often I feel depressed. What shall I do?” The swami replied: “Japam means …
Shankara and Ramanuja
On 11 March 1885, M. recorded in The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna: Many of his devotees were in [Ramakrishna’s] room. Narendra did not believe that God could incarnate Himself in a human body. But Girish …
Darshan of Divine Mother in Tirupati
Ramakrishnananda died in 1911. In July 1916 Brahmananda revisited South India. He laid the foundation stone of the new monastery building in Madras, and then went to Bangalore on 12 August. This time …
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Holy Mother’s Visit to Sarnath
One day Holy Mother visited Sarnath, about seven miles from Varanasi, where Buddha had preached his first sermon after attaining nirvana. Swami Nikhilananda wrote: Swami Brahmananda and three …