Swami Vivekananda

Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda

The year-end holidays are celebrated annually at the Los Angeles center with an eight-hour group meditation on December 24th (Spiritual Christmas), followed the next day by a banquet (Social Christmas). The festivities this year were augmented by the presence of dear friends and students fro

New Discoveries

Newly discovered photographs of Mrs. Bagley and her mansion, where Vivekananda stayed while in Detroit

A HISTORY OF INDIAN MUSIC

Mabel MacLeod

Linda Prugh is a long-time member of the Vedanta Society of Kansas City, Missouri USA, and author of Josephine MacLeod and Vivekananda's Mission, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.

Duke of Richelieu

The Duke of Richelieu, a Marshal of France and scion of the French nobility, died on May 30, 1952, at the age of seventy-six. As a young man, the Duke, who was the last to bear his illustrious title, had been a great admirer of Swami Vivekananda, whom he had known rather intimately. He cherished his

Ram Chandra Datta

‘They Lived With God’ By Swami Chetanananda Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati

Householder Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna

From "They Lived With God - Life Stories of Some Devotees of Sri Ramakrishna" - by Swami Chetanananda, Advaita Ashrama, Publication Department, 5 Dehi Entally Road, Calcutta 700 014.

Death of Gopaler Ma by Sister Nivedita

INDIAN languages are curiously rich in tender diminutives, the use of which so much depends on association that they are incapable of translation. It is clear, for instance, that if we address a little girl of three as Ma , or a boy of the same age as Bap , that delicate mingling of gravity and

Mahendranath Gupta

A reminiscence of M by Paramahansa Yogananda (from the Autobiogrpahy of a Yogi)

Reminiscences of M by Paramahamsa Yogananda

Silently I had entered the room in great awe. The angelic appearance of Master Mahasaya fairly dazzled me. With silky white beard and large lustrous eyes, he seemed an incarnation of purity. His upraised chin and folded hands apprized me that my first visit had disturbed him in the midst of

Gauri Ma: A Monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna

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He was a sannyasin- of the Ramakrishna Order and served at Calcutta, Madras and Deogarh Vidyapeeth.