Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
Whenever Sri Ramakrishna had occasion to travel he needed a companion because no one, including the Master himself, knew when he might go into samadhi. In such an event someone had to be ready to hold …
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By VivekaVani
The other story is in Lakshmi’s own words: One day I went with [Holy] Mother to carry Thakur [Sri Ramakrishna] his food. Rakhal, and others who were with him, at once left the room, leaving us alone …
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By VivekaVani
When Swami Vivekananda returned to Calcutta from the West in February 1897, the official reception committee did nothing more than send a news release about his arrival to the Calcutta newspapers. But …
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After the drama, which was on the life of the great devotee Prahlada, Girish asked Sri Ramakrishna, “How did you like the performance?” Sri Ramakrishna replied: “I found that it was God Himself who …
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One day a holy man was on his way to visit the Divine Mother at Kalighat, in South Calcutta, when he was stopped by an old woman who wanted to pay her respects to him. Gauri-ma, who was then nine …
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Rani Rasmani was always ready to help the poor and the persecuted. At one time the government imposed a tax on the fishermen who made their meagre living by fishing in the Ganges. The fishermen …