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At the end of a month Sri Ramakrishna said to Naren, 'I have not exchanged a single word with you all this time, and still you c ...

his mind with a settled philosophical agnosticism. After the wearing out of his first emotional freshness and naivete, he was be ...

of the spirit. At first Naren feared that the serenity that possessed him in the presence of the Master was illusory, but his mi ...

One day, after a futile search for a job, he sat down, weary and footsore, in the big park of Calcutta in the shadow of the Ocht ...

He had been out since morning in a soaking rain in search of employment, having had neither food nor rest for the whole day. Tha ...

anticipation of the vision of the Divine Mother. Entering the temple, he cast his eyes upon the image and found the stone figure ...

All this had previously been beyond Narendra's comprehension. He had accepted the reality of the phenomenal world and yet denied ...

liquid. How would you like to drink it?' Narendra said that he would sit on the edge of the bowl, otherwise he might be drowned ...

We have already referred to the great depth of Sri Ramakrishna's love for his beloved disciple. He was worried about the distres ...

other embodied beings, who also are embodiments of Brahman. 'If it be the will of God,' Naren concluded, 'I shall one day procla ...

How did Narendra impress the other devotees of the Master, especially the youngsters? He was their idol. They were awed by his i ...

its beak, it breaks away from you; but the female pigeon keeps still. I feel great strength when Narendra is with me in a gather ...

eradication of worldly tendencies and the development of man's higher nature. He derided their tears and trances as symptoms of ...

An intense fire was raging within Narendra's soul. He could hardly touch his college books; he felt it was a dreadful thing to w ...

was not aware of the least pain from his ailment. Constantly he enjoyed an inner bliss, in spite of the suffering of the body, a ...

teachings; pondering all this he could not control his emotion. Back in Cossipore, Narendra described enthusiastically to the Ma ...

latter said: 'Now the Mother has shown you everything. But this realization, like the jewel locked in a box, will be hidden away ...

Narendra from that day became the channel of Sri Ramakrishna's powers and the spokesman of his message. Two days before the diss ...

Incarnation can bestow upon others the boon of liberation, whereas even an illumined saint is devoid of such power. Thus the Mas ...

All these problems were solved by the generosity of Surendranath Mitra, the beloved householder disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He ...