His love seemed perennial and inexhaustible. Even animals and birds shared in his affection and care. He would regularly go to the dairy and feed the cows bananas, molasses, and barley powder. Quite …
Prophet Muhammad and Sri Ramakrishna
About this visit Shivananda said later: A Muslim whom I met in Cuddapah is so highly esteemed that he received the title of Khan Bahadur from the British Government. He belongs to the Sufi sect of …
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Thief and The Locket
One night a thief entered the room of Josephine MacLeod [Joe], an American devotee of Swamiji, who was staying in the guest house of Belur Math. When the thief grabbed her locket reliquary, which …
Father’s Spiritual Blessing
Sometime in the middle of 1883, Tarak’s (Swami Shivananda) wife, Nityakali, fell ill and died. Tarak performed the customary ritual for his departed wife, then resigned from his job and decided to …
“I Was Wide Awake.”
On 27 November 1927 Shivananda went to Varanasi; it was his last visit. He stayed in the Ramakrishna Advaita Ashrama for nearly two months and initiated quite a number of people. Shivananda was in an …
I Hold It Down to The Lower Planes
One day Harinath (Swami Turiyananda) arrived at Dakshineswar when the Master was having his dinner. He saw that a number of bowls containing various cooked items were placed before him. Harinath …