This Upanis̩ad belongs to Tānd̩ya Brāhman̩a of the Sāmaveda. It consists of eight chapters with each chapter divided into several sections. First five chapters, excluding fourteenth section of the …
“Still you doubt?” – Sri Ramakrishna
Once Tejchandra suffered a bout of asthma that became severe at night and kept him from sleeping. It was so unbearable that he would go up to the roof and pace back and forth all night. He consulted …
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“Victory to Ramakrishna” – Tejchandra Mitra
During festivals, Tejchandra Mitra would go to the Ramakrishna monastery at Belur to offer his services. Once he and some other devotees took a steamer from the Ahiritola ghat of Calcutta to Belur …
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Japa
The Nature of a Paramahamsa
AT ONE time I was staying at Kamarpukur when Shivaram1 was four or five years old. One day he was trying to catch grass-hoppers near the pond. The leaves were moving- To stop their rustling he said to …
The Homa Bird
THE Vedas speak of the Homa bird. It lives very high in the sky. There the mother bird lays her egg. She lives so high that the egg falls for many days. While falling it is hatched. The chick …