Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan For Swachh Bharath

A Journey from a Campaign to a Revolution!

An Ancient Vedic Institution

This section presents less known but enlightening nuggets of information about our ancient culture as revealed in our temples, images, symbols, and inscriptions.

125 Th Anniversary Of Chicago Addresses : Concluding Programme

For the last 12 months, the branch centers of the Ramakrishna Order the world over celebrated the 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s historic Addresses at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago, USA.

An Important Educational Centre Of The Chola Times

This section presents less known and enlightening nuggets of information about our ancient culture as revealed in our temples, images, symbols, and inscriptions.

Singing To The Divine: The Sopana Sangeetham Of Kerala

This article throws light on the indigenous Sopana music offered as part of ritual tantric pooja in the temples of Kerala and how art has been considered a path to the Divine in the Indian tradition.

Pariprasna

Srimat Swami Tapasyananda Ji (1904 – 1991), was one of the Vice-Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order. His deeply convincing answers to devotees’ questions raised in spiritual retreats and in personal letters have been published in book form as Spiritual Quest: Questions & Answers. Pariprasna is a selection from this book.

The Ghost In The Tree

A fictional narrative based on incidents from the childhood of Swami Vivekananda.

The Defining Moment In Swami Vivekananda's Monastic Life

The article presents Swami Vivekananda’s meditation at Kanyakumari as his ‘moment of enlightenment’ when his thoughts on the reasons for the downfall of India and the course of its revival took a definite shape.

Realising Spirit As Spirit

Religion is the realisation of Spirit as Spirit; not Spirit as matter.1We already saw in the Jan 2019 issue how Swamiji describes religion as realization.

Ancient Centre Of Learning At Bahur

This section presents less known and enlightening nuggets of information about our ancient culture as revealed in our temples, images, symbols, and inscriptions.

Pariprasna

Q & A with Srimat Swami Tapasyanandaji Maharaj (1904 to 1991), Vice President of the Ramakrishna Order.

Nivedita's English: Journey Into The Divine

We will concentrate now on Kali the Mother, because it shows a bizarre and astonishing combination of narrative methods, something that Nivedita hardly did either before or after. Published in 1900 this small, handy volume is nevertheless a procession of paintings. Words, employed like colours on canvas, reminding one of Lily Brescoe’s painting in Virginia Woolf’s acclaimed work To the Lighthouse, suggest a variety of moods and emotional intensity.

Pariprasna

Q & A with Srimat Swami Tapasyanandaji Maharaj (1904 to 1991), Vice President of the Ramakrishna Order.

Reminiscences Of Sargachhi

Swami Premeshananda (1884–1967) was a disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi. For over two decades, he lived at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachhi, first as its monastic-in-charge and later as a retired sannyasi. He inspired countless people to lead a life of spirituality and service. Influenced by him many young men and women entered into monastic life. His conversations and teachings were noted by his attendant novitiate who is now Swami Suhitananda, one of the Vice-Presidents of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Published in Bengali as Sargachhir Smriti, these reminiscences have been translated into English by Sri Shoutir Kishore Chatterjee.

Have You Got ‘The Seven Jars'?

Modern work environment has evolved from the ideas of a few, very influential, modern thinkers.

The Thirst For God Is Religion

What is Religion?

Heritage Heroes

Zig-zagging at 9500’ above sea level in the Himalayas, unmindful of fatigue through forested, narrow paths that climbed and descended, we were suddenly pelted with hailstones.

Reminiscences Of Sargachhi

Conversations with Swami Premeshananda (1884-1967) a disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi.

Pariprasna

Q & A with Srimat Swami Tapasyananda (1904 to 1991), Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order.

The Illustration Of The Snake

The Vedantin likes to give the illustration of the snake and the rope.

Religion: Being True To Your Own Nature

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature.1This is a pretty simple, straight-forward statement. Being true to our own nature is the greatest religion that is or can ever be. That is it. End of story. While this is really simple, this is also, by far, the grandest statement that Swamiji has uttered on religion. Why? Let us see presently.

Lyrics In Terracotta – Ratneshwar Temple Of Bhattamati

A study of temples in Bengal of the late medieval period is an interesting chapter in history of Indian art and architecture.

Religion Is Common Sense

Religion is a common-sense, everyday thing.

Sant Tukaram

The most popular of all the Maharashtrian devotional saints is undoubtedly Sant Tukaram (1608?- 1650).

Just Read The Gospel

Once Swami Brahmananda, one of the foremost disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, was visiting a remote place in Bengal. While he was waiting for a train at a station, among those who came to see him off was a young devotee and his sister.

Pariprasna

Q & A with Srimat Swami Tapasyananda (1904 to 1991), Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order.

A Message To Garcia

Advertise for a stenographer, and nine out of ten who apply, can neither spell nor punctuate- and do not think it necessary to. Can such a one write a letter to Garcia?

Reminiscences Of Sargachhi

Conversations with Swami Premeshananda (1884-1967) a disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi.

Swami Vivekananda's Visit To Shillong

Poet Rabindranath Tagore immortalized the picturesque, misty landscape of Shillong in his novel Shesher Kabita, written around 1928- 29; he was there earlier in 1919 for three weeks and then again in 1923 for about two months.

Pariprasna

Q & A with Srimat Swami Tapasyananda (1904 to 1991), Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order.