Swami Vivekananda
CHAPTER 4
IN THE INTERVENING YEARS before encountering her guru at Dakshineswar, Mridani went through a great many strange and unimaginable experiences. Over this period she blossomed into Gauri Ma.
CHAPTER 3
SLOWLY, Gauri Ma's confusion subsided and her mind became calm as she comprehended the meaning of the events at Dakshineswar. The one who revealed his own lotus feet on the throne of Damodar; who called to her in a voice without form, saying. "Will you not come, unless I drag you"; who commande
CHAPTER 2
THE SUN WAS RISING on the eastern horizon. Soft, golden rays spread everywhere. A pure and solemn atmosphere pervaded Kali Bari. the temple garden dedicated to Kali. Balaram and his party entered Sri Ramakrishna's room. He was seated on a wooden platform winding a thread around a piece of wood,
CHAPTER 1
IT WAS THE YEAR 1882 in the city of Calcutta, In one room of the palatial house of Balaram Bose of Bosepara Lane was a sannyasini of uncommon appearance, a woman who had renounced the world in search of God. She was absorbed in worship of her Ishta Devata, or chosen deity, Damodar Shila, in the
Gauri Ma - A Monastic Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
Sri Ramakrishna, the prophet of Dakshineswar, was born in the year 1836. Through a life of intense spiritual practice, great revelation, and heartfelt compassion, he profoundly affected the people around him. Through his unfailing insistence of God realization as the be-all and end-all of life,
Gauri Ma - A Monastic Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
It was at the Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago that we first heard about Sannyasini Mataji Gauri Ma. Swami Bhashyananda, a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and head of the Vivekananda Vedanta Society in Chicago and the Vivekananda Monastery and Retreat in Ganges, Michigan, would read and tra
The gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
The gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
The gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
A Letter (Written to M. By Aswini Kumar Datta, one of the saintly patriots of Bengal)
The gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Keshab's reverence for the Master — Tasting divine bliss in different ways — Master's abhorrence of public preaching — Master instructs about humility — Renunciation of "woman and gold" — Yearning for God — Story of the fishwife and her basket — Personal God and Impersonal Reality — The pure min
The gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Baranagore Monastery — First members — Surendra's magnanimity — Ascetic zeal of the young sannyasis — Renunciation of "woman and gold" — Siva festival at the math — Narendra's reminiscences of the Master — Narendra's foreknowledge of things — Narendra's ego — About Nityagopal — Rakhal's reminisc
The gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Narendra's visit to Bodh-Gaya — Buddha's doctrines — The meaning of Buddha — Narendra's enthusiasm about Buddha — Master about himself — Master's vision of God — Different kinds of samadhi — Power of God's name — Surendra's faith — Master's love for Girish — Nature of the mind — Monks and househ