In Alambazar, Akhandananda suffered from malaria. One day while he was sick, he had a spiritual experience. Before this, he had felt that the nondualistic experience “I am the Atman” is greater than …
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Subodh’s Restlessness to See The Master
His failure in the examination had the desired result: His father lost interest in Subodh’s marriage. Sometime in 1885 Krishnadas told his son about Sri Ramakrishna and his meeting with Keshab Chandra …
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Divine Mother Walks Here
It was not easy to live with Sri Ramakrishna: He could see the inside and outside of his disciples like a person sees books inside a glass bookcase; none could hide anything from him. The Master would …
Swami Achalananda’s Desire to Become a Monk
When Niranjanananda was in Kankhal, a young man from Varanasi named Kedarnath (later Swami Achalananda), expressed his desire to become a monk. At first the swami discouraged him, saying that the life …
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Swami Nikhilananda and Revolutionary Society
In January 1916 Premananda again left for East Bengal with Brahmananda and a group of monks. They visited Kamakhya (a famous place for Mother worship), Mymensingh, and Dhaka. On this occasion …
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We Are Like Silkworms – Swami Vivekananda
We are like silkworms; we make the thread out of our own substance and spin the cocoon, and in course of time are imprisoned inside. But this is not for ever. In that cocoon we shall develop spiritual …
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