Aghoramani Devi (Gopal’s Mother) (1822-1906)—A devotee of rare eminence, revered by the Master himself who named her “Gopaler Ma” (Gopal’s mother) after her chosen deity, the infant Krishna. Born …
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M. (Mahendra Nath Gupta)
Mahendranath Gupta or M. (1854-1932)—Recorder of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita (The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna). Used the pen-name “M.”, “Sri Ma” in Bengali, referred to himself in the book as “Mani”, …
Dry Spell in Spiritual Life – Sri Sarada Devi
Swami Mukteswarananda, a disciple of the Mother, was passing through a dry spell, which is also called the “dark night of the soul.” He even stopped visiting the Mother although he was living at …
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Selfless Cause and Service – Swami Chinmayananda
(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) In the early 1980s Pujya Gurudev announced that he would share that year’s Gurudakshina with all the centers of the West. At that time Pujya …
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Swami Anamayananda
When young Saroj Bhattacharya became a member of the Library run in a small centre in Berhampur by the Sargachhi Ashrama, he slowly came into close contact with the swamis of the Ashrama. His orthodox …
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.12.1
अन्नं ब्रह्मेत्येक आहुः तन्न तथा, पूयति वा अन्नमृते प्राणात्; प्राणो ब्रह्मेत्येक आहुः, तन्न तथा, शुष्यति वै प्राण ऋतेऽन्नात्; एते ह त्वेव देवते एकधाभूयं भूत्वा परमतां गच्छतः; तद्ध स्माह प्रातृदः …