The disciples whom the Master trained for monastic life were the following: Narendranath Dutta (Swami Vivekananda) Rakhal Chandra Ghosh (Swami Brahmananda) Gopal Sur (Swami Advaitananda) Baburam Ghosh (Swami Premananda) Taraknath…

The first of these young men to come to the Master was Latu. Born of obscure parents, in Behar, he came to Calcutta in search of work and was engaged…

Even before Rakhal's coming to Dakshineswar, the Master had had visions of him as his spiritual son and as a playmate of Krishna at Vrindavan. Rakhal was born of wealthy…