One day Swamiji expressed a desire to build a ghat and an embankment on the bank of the Ganges for the Belur Monastery, so he asked Vijnanananda for an estimate. Fearing Swamiji might change his mind, …
Could You Go?
On 22 July 1883, while rubbing oil on the Master’s body on the semicircular veranda, Rakhal requested the highest spiritual experience from him. But the Master ignored his demand. When Rakhal …
Rakhal and The Personal God
During one of his visits to Dakshineswar in 1881, Rakhal had a spiritual experience. Ramakrishna later recalled: “Rakhal had his first religious ecstasy while sitting here [in his room] massaging my …
“Don’t Weep. My Son Rakhal Will Help You.”
Swami Nirvanananda related a touching incident that took place in 1918 at Balaram’s house. One day after lunch, when Brahmananda was about to rest, a teenage girl came with her brother to see him. …
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Words of the Master
Brahmananda had collected some teachings of Sri Ramakrishna in Bengali, which were first serially published in the Udbodhan and later translated into English under the title Words of the Master. …
“The Power That Came Has Gone.”
There was a young monk in the monastery who was very obstinate and quarrelsome. One day Premananda forcefully took him to Brahmananda and said: “Maharaj, this fellow is short-tempered, he quarrels …