Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
As a garland-maker picks many flowers of different colours and creates a beautiful wreath, so Sri Ramakrishna chose his disciples from the companions of previous divine incarnations and trained them …
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Once a Devotee asked Swami Saradananda the real meaning of God vision, or realization: Is it seeing something with the physical eyes externally or feeling something inside our inner self? He replied: …
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Saradananda called himself the Mother’s “doorkeeper,” and he felt proud of the position. From his small room at the left of the entrance to the Mother’s house in Calcutta he kept an eye on the …
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The secrets of Saradananda’s great success in his active life were his humility and his respect for the human dignity of others. In 1918 Umananda wrote from Vrindaban to tell Saradananda that he was …
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Although the Ramakrishna Order has never involved itself in politics, the presence of the former revolutionaries brought police surveillance upon the Order. When Atmaprakashananda joined the Udbodhan …
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Finally, after passing through all these hardships, Saradananda wanted to test whether the Master was with him or not. He thought: If anyone feeds me luchi (fried bread) and halua (farina pudding) …