Devotee of the Master, Narendranath’s classmate, brought up at maternal uncle Ramgopal Basu’s house in Simulia, Calcutta. Swamiji, used to call him “Harmonium”. When 17 or 18 years old first met the …
Pratap Chandra Hazra
Born around 1846 in the village of Maragore near Shihar, to the west of Kamarpukur, educated in the village school and raised in the Vaishnava tradition. His father, a farmer, having died, had to take …
Sri Ramakrishna on Suicide
Swami Vijnanananda
Early Life Swami Vijnanananda, before he took orders, was known by the name of Hariprasanna Chattopadhyaya. He was born on 30 October 1868, in a respectable family of Belgharia, which is …
Truthfulness is The Key to God-realization
As the mother bird protects her fledglings, so the Master guarded his young disciples from various evil influences. One day at Dakshineswar the Master said to Baburam: “I can’t touch you today. Did …
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Will of The Mother – Swami Vivekananda
Considering the big city with all its comforts unsuitable for spiritual practice, some of the students wanted a quiet spot where they might devote themselves to a life of renunciation. Miss Minnie C. …
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