Voice of Vivekananda
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Ashu Mitra wrote about an interesting event: “Once we printed some photos of Holy Mother (size 12" x 15") from the studio of a European photographer. I gave one copy to the Mother to see; she took it …
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In her memoirs, Ida Ansell described how Turiyananda taught practical Vedanta. She was entrusted with the duty of taking notes of the swami’s class talks. One time her pencil was dull, so she …
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In Bombay they (Swami Brahmananda and Swami Turiyananda) again met Vivekananda, who was then getting ready to go to America to represent Hinduism at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Every …
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On 24 May 1884 Harinath again visited Sri Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar. He said to the Master, “Well, why does it take many people such a long time to realize God?” Master: “The truth is that a man …
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His father died when he was twelve. While Harinath was crying bitterly just before his father’s death, his sister asked Chandranath to say some words of consolation to him. “What is there to say?” the …
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One of the qualities of a highly-evolved soul is simplicity; and simplicity is one of the most difficult qualities to imitate, for it is spontaneous. With Latu Maharaj, as with other holy men, one …
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