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ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya

Sri Ramakrishna

Sacred Text

The Great Master

81 chapters

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  1. 1Publisher
  2. 2The Book and Its Author

Part I

  1. 3Preface (Historic Background and Early Life)
  2. 4Introduction
  3. 5Chapter 1.The Need of the Age
  4. 6Chapter 2. Sri Ramakrishna’s Birthplace (Kamarpukur) And Ancestry
  5. 7Chapter 3. The Pious Family at Kamarpukur
  6. 8Chapter 4. Strange Experiences of Chandradevi
  7. 9Chapter 5. A Great Soul Is Born
  8. 10Chapter 6. Gadadhar’s Childhood and the Death of His Father
  9. 11Chapter 7. Gadadhar’s Boyhood
  10. 12Chapter 8. On the Threshold of Youth

Part II

  1. 13Preface What This Part Contains (As the Spiritual Aspirant)
  2. 14Introduction Need for the Study of the Life of a Divine Incarnation as a Sadhaka
  3. 151) Sadhaka and Sadhana1 (The Spiritual Aspirant and Spiritual Discipline)
  4. 162) The Attitude of a Sadhaka in the Life of an Incarnation of God
  5. 173) The First Manifestation of the Attitude of a Sadhaka
  6. 184)The Kali Temple at Dakshineswar
  7. 195) Assumption of the Office of the Priest
  8. 206) Spiritual Eagerness and the First Vision
  9. 217) Sadhana and Divine Inebriation
  10. 228) The Last Part of the Story of the First Four Years of Sadhana
  11. 239) Marriage and Return to Dakshineswar
  12. 2410) The Coming of the Bhairavi Brahmani
  13. 2511) Tantric Sadhana
  14. 2612) The Sadhu with Matted Hair and the Master’s Sadhana of the Vatsalya Bhava
  15. 2713) The Essence of the Madhura Bhava
  16. 2814) The Master’s Sadhana of the Madhura Bhava
  17. 2915) The Master’s Sadhana of the Vedanta
  18. 3016) Epilogue of the Master’s Vedanta Sadhana and His Practice of Islam
  19. 3117) The Master’s Visit to His Native Village
  20. 3218) The Master’s Pilgrimage and the Story of Hridayram
  21. 3319) The Death of the Master’s Relations
  22. 3420) The Worship of Shodasi
  23. 3521) Epilogue to the Story of the Master’s Sadhanas
  24. 36Appendix 22) The Principal Events of the Master’s Life From After the Worship of the Shodasi to the Coming of His ‘Marked’ Devotees

Part III

  1. 37Preface “as the Spiritual Teacher”
  2. 38Hindu Religion and Sri Ramakrishna
  3. 391) Sri Ramakrishna in Bhavamukha
  4. 402) A Few Words on Bhava, Samadhi and Darsana
  5. 413) Sri Ramakrishna as the Spiritual Teacher
  6. 424) The First Manifestation of the Mood of the Spiritual Teacher
  7. 435) The Mood of the Spiritual Teacher in Youth
  8. 446) The Mood of the Spiritual Teacher and Mathuranath
  9. 457) Grace Bestowed on Mathur in the Mood of the Spiritual Teacher
  10. 468) The Relation of the Master as the Spiritual Teacher with His Own Teachers

Part IV

  1. 47Preface “as the Spiritual Teacher (II)”
  2. 48Chapter 1. Vaishnavacharan and Gauri
  3. 49Chapter 2. The Mood of the Spiritual Teacher and Various Communities of Holy Men
  4. 50Chapter 3. Pilgrimage of the Master as the Guru and His Company with the Holy Men
  5. 51Chapter 4. As the Spiritual Teacher-Concluded
  6. 52Chapter 5. Sri Ramakrishna in the Company of Devotees for Nine Days: The Navayatra in a.D. 1885
  7. 53Chapter 6. Sri Ramakrishna in the Company of Devotees: The Story of Gopala’s Mother —First Part
  8. 54Chapter 7. Sri Ramakrishna in the Company of Devotees. The Return Chariot Journey in a.D. 1885 And the Story of Gopala’s Mother-Last Part
  9. 55Appendix the Human Aspect of the Master1

Part V

  1. 56Preface (The Master in the Divine Mood and Narendrana)
  2. 57A Brief Retrospect
  3. 58Chapter 1) – Section 1 The Influence of the Master on the Brahmo Samaj
  4. 59Chapter 1) – Section 2 The Brahmo Festival in Manimohan Mallick’s House
  5. 60Chapter 1) – Section 3 The Master in Jayagopal Sen’s House
  6. 61Chapter 2) The Beginning of the Arrival of the Master’s Devotees Previously Seen in Visions
  7. 62Chapter 3) Narendra’s Antecedents and His First Visit to Dakshineswar
  8. 63Chapter 4) Narendra’s Second and Third Visits to the Master
  9. 64Chapter 5) The Master’s Selfless Love and Narendranath
  10. 65Chapter 6) — Section 1 The Extraordinary Relation Between the Master and Narendranath
  11. 66Chapter 6) – Section 2 The Extra-Ordinary Relation Between the Master and Narendranath
  12. 67Chapter 7) The Master’s Method of Testing and Narendranath
  13. 68Chapter 8) – Section 1 Narendranath’s Schooling in the World and by the Master
  14. 69CHAPTER 8) – SECTION 2 NARENDRANATH’S SCHOOLING IN THE WORLD AND BY THE MASTER—(contd.)
  15. 70Chapter 9) The Circle of Devotees of the Master and Narendranath
  16. 71Chapter 10) The Festival at Panihati
  17. 72Chapter 11) The Master Moved to Calcutta
  18. 73Chapter 12) – Section 1 The Master’s Stay at Shyampukur
  19. 74Chapter 12) – Section 2 The Master’s Stay at Shyampukur
  20. 75Chapter 12) – Section 3 The Master’s Stay at Shyampukur
  21. 76Chapter 13) – Section 1 The Master in the Garden House of Kasipur1
  22. 77Chapter 13) – Section 2 The Vow of Service at Kasipur
  23. 78Chapter 13) – Section 3 The Master’s Self-Revelation and the Bestowal of Freedom From Fear
  24. 79Chronology of Important Events
  25. 80THE HOROSCOPE OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA By Narayanachandra Jyotirbhushana
  26. 81Glossary