While Swami Subodhananda was practising austerities in Hardwar, the following incident occurred: ‘I had been suffering from fever for two months. I was so weak that I could not lift a tumbler of …
‘Don’t lament my child!’ – Sri Ramakrishna
One day, when Swami Brahmananda was taking rest after lunch at Balaram’s house, a teenage girl came with her brother to see him. When she expressed her desire to see the Swami, she was informed that …
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‘Can anything make the Ganga impure?’ – Sri Ramakrishna
Doubt is like a disease of the mind. It arises every now and then. Although Yogin-ma was an intimate companion of Holy Mother, she at one time, doubted her divinity. She said to herself: ‘Sri …
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Goddess Annapurna – Sri Sarada Devi
Nilima Mukhopadhyay recorded a story of Holy Mother’s divinity that she had heard from Bharatiprana. Nilima asked: “What did you think about Holy Mother?” Bharatiprana replied: “I did not experience …
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‘I shall eat through their mouths…’ – Sri Ramakrishna
For several years, the birth anniversaries of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda were celebrated at Shibnagar, the expenses being borne by the Maharaja of Kasimbazar, the Berhampur gentry, and the …
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Lessons from Swami Vireshwarananda
Not a V.I.P I remember an incident that happened in 1957 in Bombay. I was then a brahmachari at the Bombay Ashrama. Swami Vireswarananda Maharaj had come there for a month’s stay. Mr. Chou En-lai, …