ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya
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1. The love and regard of Kesav and other Brahmos for the Master The general public of Calcutta could know of the Master only when he met Kesavchandra, the leader of “the Brahmo Samaj of India”. We have said before that Kesav, who appreciated merit wherever it was found, was much attracted towards the Master from…
Read1. Ascertaining the date of the event It was, we clearly remember, the season of Hemanta.1 Delighted with her bath in the rains and putting on the toilette of autumn, Nature, which had been previously scorched by the summer heat, just started feeling the first touch of the cold season and drew her flowing garments a…
ReadIt was not only we who were beside ourselves with joy and saw wonderful new light in the spiritual world when we observed the Master’s ecstasy and his enjoyment of bliss during the Kirtan in the house of Manimohan of Sinduriapati, but our esteemed friend Varada Sundar felt similarly and kept on inquiring when and where the…
Read1. The Master also learnt something from the Brahmo Samaj We have already told the reader how the Brahmo leaders like Acharya Kesavchandra, Vijaykrishna, Pratapchandra, Sivanath, Chiranjiv, Amritalal, Gauragovinda and others were greatly benefited by coming in contact with the Master and observing in him the glorious ideals of devotion to one’s faith and the total renunciation…
Read1. A discussion on the mental state of the Master abiding in the divine mood The Vedas and other scriptures say that a knower of Brahman becomes all-knowing. This saying of the scriptures is proved to be wholly true when we notice the present behaviour of the Master firmly established in the knowledge of Brahman. For…
Read1. The reason why Narendra took a long while to visit the Master for the second time, even though he took him to be a real lover of God When persons who truly depend on their own exertion and have formed fixed aspirations, find greatness in others, they admit it freely and feel a wonderful joy…
Read1. The extraordinary experiences of Narendra in his early life: (1) He saw a light before falling asleep Narendranath, we said, was born with wonderful good impressions. This fact accounts for a number of unusual experiences he used to have even before he visited the Master. We narrate here a few of them as examples. Narendra…
Read1. How long Narendra had the Master’s holy company Narendranath had the privilege of enjoying the holy company of the Master for five years. The reader might take us to mean that he spent those years continuously at the holy feet of the Master at Dakshineswar. It was not so. Like all the other devotees of…
Read1. The Master’s words about Narendra’s greatness The Master’s keen insight readily detected from the beginning that Narendra’s pure mind and heart were always actuated by high ideals, in whatever work they were seen engaged at any time. This was why the daily behaviour of the Master with Narendra had a rare delicacy about it. The…
ReadWe have told the reader elsewhere that, finding uncommon characteristics in Narendra, the Master found him to be a person highly qualified for spiritual attainments and bound him to him by his extraordinary selfless love, ever since he met him first. He nevertheless, now and then, examined him, even as he proceeded with educating him in spiritual…
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