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Sri Ramakrishna would say that to progress in spiritual life one should be constantly alert and ever willing to learn. If one is keen and humble, it is possible to learn from ever so many teachers. To illustrate the idea… Continue Reading →
[Speech delivered on the 114th Birthday Celebration of Sri Ramakrishna at the Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, on 20 March 1949.] Swamiji and friends, I am grateful for this invitation to come to this celebration and I am glad to take… Continue Reading →
Swami Vivekananda is known for his insightful views on Karma Yoga. He got a new light or idea about the spiritual dimension of work during his tutelage under Sri Ramakrishna. One day Sri Ramakrishna was explaining to his devotees the… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna was very compassionate towards householder devotees and would always talk to them very encouragingly. He would say that there is nothing great or praiseworthy if a monk, who is supposed to have given up everything for the sake… Continue Reading →
[Speech delivered at the 108th birthday anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna (Mar 1943) at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, New Delhi. ] It seems to me that if we consider the teachings of the Paramahamsa, we can find three or four distinct… Continue Reading →
JESUS CHRIST AND HIS MESSAGE – By S. R. DAS GUPTA, M.A., B.L. [Address delivered on the occasion of the Christmas celebrations (1940) at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, New Delhi.-Ed.] At the present crisis in the world’s history when the… Continue Reading →
Sri Ramakrishna would often discuss with his devotees about the nature of life on earth. He would lament how people are extremely wedded to the idea of body. But he himself was quite conscious that body was separate from the… Continue Reading →
[Summary of the presidential address delivered at the Vivekananda birthday celebrations at the Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, on the 25th February, 1940.–Ed] I readily accepted the invitation to be present here this afternoon and to take part in the proceedings,… Continue Reading →