WHAT is the significance of the Gita? Nangta used to teach me thus: What you get by repeating the word ‘Gita’ ten times is the essence of the book. It is then reversed into ‘tagi’, which means a …
Swami Shivananda
Early Life Swami Shivananda, more popularly known as Mahapurush Maharaj, was a personality of great force, rich in distinctive colour and individual quality. His leonine stature and dauntless …
Swami Brahmananda
Early Life One day Sri Ramakrishna saw a vision which threw his whole body into a shiver. He saw that the Divine Mother pointed out to him a boy as being his son. How could he have a son? The very …
The Holy Mother – Sri Sarada Devi
Endearingly known as ‘Holy Mother’, Sri Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna, was born on 22 December 1853 in a poor Brahmin family in Jayrambati, a village adjoining Kamarpukur …
Swami Niranjanananda
Early Life Swami Niranjanananda was one of those few disciples whom Sri Ramakrishna termed as Nityasiddhas or Ishwarakotis —that is, souls who are perfect from their very birth and are not …
Mahasamadhi
Sunday, August 15, 1886. The Master's pulse became irregular. The devotees stood by the bedside. Toward dusk Sri Ramakrishna had difficulty in breathing. A short time afterwards he complained of …