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ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya

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February 2018

Part V

Chapter 9) The Circle of Devotees of the Master and Narendranath

1. The marked devotees of the Master came by 1884 All those devotees of the Master mentioned before, whose coming to Dakshineswar he had seen in his Yogic visions, arrived there before the close of 1884. For, Purna came to him in the beginning of 1885. After bestowing his grace on him he said, “With Purna’s…

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Chapter 10) The Festival at Panihati

1. Narendra became a teacher We have said before, how Narendranath took refuge in the Master and how the Master blessed the family to be ever above suffering from want of plain food and clothing. Narendra’s worldly circumstances changed gradually thenceforward; and although they were not affluent, the family never again had to experience the sort of…

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Chapter 11) The Master Moved to Calcutta

1. His visit to Panihati increased the pain in the throat. The behaviour of the childlike Master The pain in the throat of the Master increased after his taking part in the Panihati festival. There had been showers of rain from time to time that day. The doctors expostulated with the devotees that the disease had…

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Chapter 12) – Section 1 The Master’s Stay at Shyampukur

1. A description of the Shyampukur house The house now hired for the Master extended lengthwise from east to west and was situated on the north side of the Shyampukur street. As soon as one entered the house one saw, on one’s left and right, a pavement and a narrow open verandah to sit in. Going…

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Chapter 12) – Section 2 The Master’s Stay at Shyampukur

The householder devotees took part in the service of the Master. They experienced now and then extraordinary manifestation of spirituality in the Master It cannot be said that the devotees were free from anxiety after the arrangement had been made for medicine, diet and the twenty-four hour nursing, in the way mentioned above. For, they had…

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Chapter 12) – Section 3 The Master’s Stay at Shyampukur

1. The Master saw sores in his body. They were caused by his taking on himself the burden of others’ sins. Its result WHILE he was staying at Shyampukur, one day the Master had a wonderful vision. He saw that his subtle body came out of his gross body as he was strolling hither and thither…

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Chapter 13) – Section 2 The Vow of Service at Kasipur

1. This desire has been recently fulfilled—Tr. The Master, we have said before, came from Shyampukur to the Kasipur garden on the penultimate day of Agrahayan, inasmuch as custom forbade making a journey to a new place in the month of Paush. The residential house in the garden was more spacious and more secluded than the Shayampukur…

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Chronology of Important Events

Year & Events 1775 – Birth of Kshudiram. 1791 – Birth of Chandradevi. 1799 – Kshudiram’s marriage with Chandradevi. 1805 – Birth of Ramkumar. 1810 – Birth of Katyayani. 1815 – Kshudiram settles in Kamarpukur. 1821 – Marriage of Ramkumar; Marriage of Katyayani. 1824 – Kshudiram’s pilgrimage to Rameswaram. 1826 – Birth of Rameswar. 1835…

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