Voice of Vivekananda
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Devendra noticed that well-to-do devotees of the Master would often invite Sri Ramakrishna to their houses and arrange for festivals. He too wanted to invite the Master, but did not have enough money. …
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Throughout his life Balaram, like other Vaishnavas, was a believer in ahimsa, nonviolence. He had even thought it wrong to kill the mosquitoes that disturbed his meditation. But after associating with …
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The mark of a real teacher is that he is completely truthful. Whatever that person says, he does. Once when a young monk was going to Belur Math from Calcutta, Saradananda told him to inform …
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Surendra’s love for the Master grew deeper and deeper. The Master also loved Surendra dearly. Swami Saradananda wrote in Sri Ramakrishna, The Great Master: “The Divine Mother showed him [the Master] …
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Brahmabandhab Upadhyay (1861-1907) - Renowned patriot, journalist and intellectual. Born at Khanyan in Hooghly district on 11.2.1861, son of Devicharan and nephew of Reverend Kalicharan Banerjee, …
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The Vedanta philosophy, as it is generally called at the present day, really comprises all the various sects that now exist in India. Thus there have been various interpretations, and to my mind they …
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