When Kali was not serving the Master, he would meditate and study Eastern and Western philosophy. Once he was reading John Stuart Mill’s logic, philosophy, and essays on religion. One night, seeing …
Why Do You Listen to Them?
Jogin learned from the Master to defend the truth. It so happened that a woman of ill fame would come to take her bath in the Ganges at the Dakshineswar temple ghat. On her way back, she would bow …
The Master chooses… – Swami Saradananda
Saradananda used to hold classes regularly in Montclair, New Jersey, where he would stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler. Swami Atulananda, a Western monk, wrote in his book With the Swamis in …
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Sri Ramakrishna: Embodiment of Infinite Ideas
On 1 May 1897 Vivekananda inaugurated the Ramakrishna Mission at Balaram’s house in Calcutta. He made Brahmananda president, and Yogananda vice-president, of the Ramakrishna Order. When the meeting …
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I Am Not Frightened Even of Yama – Swami Turiyananda
Turiyananda then decided to practise sadhana alone at Rajpur, on the Mussoorie Hill of Dehra Dun. Here a police officer thought that Turiyananda was an anarchist posing as a holy man, and asked him …
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What Worship is? – Swami Adbhutananda
One day some devotees were talking about worship. Latu Maharaj told them: “Do you know what worship is? Everything belongs to the Lord, so what is there to offer to Him? But the Master used to tell …
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