Once, Hriday1 brought a bull-calf here. I saw, one day, that he had tied it with a rope in the garden2, so that it might graze there. I asked him, "Hriday, why do you tic the calf there every day?" …
Ramait Monk’s Vision of Sri Ramakrishna
Sri Ramakrishna’ s elder brother’ s son Ramlal narrated the following incident: ‘A young Ramait monk in Ayodhya had a vision that God had again incarnated on earth, somewhere in the east. In order …
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‘There is a play of Purusha and Prakriti, without beginning or end’ – Sri Ramakrishna
Swami Akhandananda had this experience while travelling in the Himalayas: Dasarath-ki-danda, the staff of Dasaratha, called so because the mountain precipice is as straight as a rod, is an …
‘Don’t you love me anymore?’ – Sri Ramakrishna
As a father, Man earns by working and feeds his wife and children. The father is elated and considers it as nectar, when the child with his tiny hands feeds him a portion of the same food. Similarly, …
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“Sickness Scares Away Worldly People”
In February 1884 Sri Ramakrishna had an accident. One day Tarak came and inquired about the Master’s health. In reply he smilingly said: “One night in the garden as I was looking at the moon, my feet …
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Going Beyond Maya
In the third week of January 1887, disciples of Sri Ramakrishna took their final monastic vows by performing the traditional viraja homa (fire ceremony) in front of the Master’s picture. Rakhal became …