ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya
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Between 1881 and 1886 — the last five years of Sri Ramakrishna’s sojourn on earth —twelve of the sixteen direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna lived in North Kolkata. They were eitherborn there or had moved there for education or work. In hindsight we can see the Divine Mother’splan in placing these young men in this…
Readश्रीरामकृष्णवेदान्तदर्शनस्य चतुस्सूत्री This article presents an interpretation of the first four aphorisms of the Brahmasutras according to the philosophy of Sri Ramakrishna. प्रस्तावना भगवान् श्रीरामकृष्णपरमहंसदेवः गयाक्षेत्रदेवतायाः गदाधरमहाविष्णो: अवतार एव इति तद्भक्तलोके सुप्रसिद्धः। ‘यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥’ (गीता ४.२) इति स्वेनैव कृतप्रतिज्ञाऽनुसारेण सः सनातन हिन्दूधर्मस्य रक्षणार्थमुद्धारार्थं च ऊनविंशतितमे क्रिस्ताब्दशतमाने वङ्गदेशे अवततार।…
ReadAn Overview of Ramakrishna Movement in Punjab and Haryana (Continued from the previous issue. . .) Ramakrishna Mission Centres in the Punjab Region Ramakrishna Mission was founded in 1897 by Swami Vivekananda and ever since it has been carrying on its activities according to the twofold ideal which Swamiji placed before it: atmano mokshartham Jagad…
ReadAn Overview of Ramakrishna Movement in Punjab and Haryana (Continued from the previous issue. . .) In Sialkot From Jammu, Swamiji and his entourage reached Sialkot on the morning of Sunday, October 31, 1898. He was warmly received and accommodated in the residence of Lala Mulchand, a pleader. That evening Swamiji spoke in English and…
ReadAn Overview of Ramakrishna Movement in Punjab and Haryana The author is the secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur. He gratefully acknowledges the valuable and timely help in various ways that he received from many monks, brahmacharis, devotees and volunteers in preparing this article. E-mail: atmashraddha@gmail.com ‘This [Punjab] is the land which is held to…
ReadStudents of the present day have an infinite amount of information, if not wisdom, available to them at the click of a mouse. But the credibility of the information they get is questionable, as is their ability to analyze and utilize the information for their particular purpose and level of understanding. As such, the role…
Read—Sri Ramakrishna’s Teachings यो ब्रह्माणं विदधाति पूर्वं यो वै वेदांश्च प्रहिणोति तस्मै।तं ह देवमात्मबुद्धप्रकाशम् मुमुक्षवे शरणमहम् प्रपद्ये । | Om yo Brahmanam Vidadhati purvamYo Vai Vedanshcha prahinoti tasmaiTam ha devatmaatmabuddhihprakashamMumukshurvai Sharanamaham Prapadye. He who in the beginning created Brahma and delivered the Vedas to Him, in that Deva (the Shining, Divine Being) do I, the…
ReadSignificance of Love of God Bhakti means love of God. The term Bhakti is derived from the Samskrit root bhaj which means ‘serving with love’ (bhaj sevayam). Bhakti hence means loving service. It is the love towards God and serving Him with affection and respect which is the true meaning of real Bhakti. Sri Ramakrishna…
Read(Continued from previous issue. . .) It was 28 July 1885 and Sri Ramakrishna was in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He visited Nanda Bose to see the paintings of gods and goddesses in his house, and from there went to the widowed devotee Golap-ma’s house, and finally came to the house of another devotee Yogin-ma. Yogin-ma…
Read(Continued from previous issue. . .) In the previous article we saw Sri Ramakrishna engage in a long conversation with the Bose brothers, and then leave for Golap-ma’s house. His memorable visit to this humble devotee’s house is presented here. Golap-ma had been busy the whole day making arrangements to receive Sri Ramakrishna. He had…
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