Akhandananda reminisced: “Early one morning I washed my hands and feet in the Ganges and was approaching the bazar when I discovered a Muslim girl of about fourteen, clad in dirty rags, weeping …
“You Only See Their Present Life”
One day I (Swami Akhandananda) visited the Master and had prasad at the temple. A group of lay devotees came after his noon rest, and I spread a mat for them on the floor. One of them asked the …
December 17: Perfect Knowledge
Don’t avoid any work. There is nothing that is unknowable, difficult to understand, or puzzling. Through the intellect, human beings have solved the mystery of deep truths such as: what is God, what …
December 7: Genuine Philanthropic Work
This spiritual path is not like a path to Kashmir or Kedar- Badri that I can tell you how much remains. If a spiritual aspirant progresses a little and asks how much further he must go, then that …
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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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September 30: Living Shiva
Swami Akhandananda’s Birthday 30 September 1864 One morning Sri Ramakrishna took me to the Kali Temple. Whenever I went there alone I stood outside the threshold, but on this occasion the Master …