Doubt is a terrible disease, and a doubting soul suffers very much. But it is hard to completely uproot doubt from the mind. Every spiritual seeker has to pass through this “dark night of the soul.” …
Manmatha Nath Ghosh
Once while walking home from his office in Dharamtala, at Genratala he saw the Master locked in an embrace with a Muslim fakir in front of a mosque (142, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta 7), in response …
“Do Not Publish My Biography Now.”
When a flower blooms, bees come of their own accord. In the later part of the 1870s people began to hear more and more about Sri Ramakrishna, and in the 1880s many newcomers came. Forgetting his body, …
First Photograph of Sri Ramakrishna
Whenever Sri Ramakrishna had occasion to travel he needed a companion because no one, including the Master himself, knew when he might go into samadhi. In such an event someone had to be ready to hold …
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“I Was in The Land of The White People.”
The other story is in Lakshmi’s own words: One day I went with [Holy] Mother to carry Thakur [Sri Ramakrishna] his food. Rakhal, and others who were with him, at once left the room, leaving us alone …
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“Crookedness of Heart”
After the drama, which was on the life of the great devotee Prahlada, Girish asked Sri Ramakrishna, “How did you like the performance?” Sri Ramakrishna replied: “I found that it was God Himself who …