Swami Divyananda ji Maharaj is the Vice-President of worldwide Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Swami Divyananda ji joined Ramakrishna Mission in 1972. He did his post-graduation in physics and served Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math as a Vice Principal and Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, as a Principal. He took classes for two decades, served as …

A spiritually illumined soul who has scaled the depths of the Divine is a constant source of inspiration to countless other seekers. Swami Shivananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, was such a person whose simple conversations with spiritual seekers were treasured by them as unfailing blessings for the rest of their life. Swami Shivananda, …

Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, have the conversations of Sri Ramakrishna with his disciples, devotees and visitors, as recorded by Mahendranath Gupta, who wrote the book in Bengali under the pseudonym of ‘M’. The recordings alternate between deep mystical experiences and ecstasies, profound utterances about the nature of the Ultimate Reality, homely parables and illustrations, animated …

Isha Upanishad or Īśopaniṣad holds a pre-eminent position in the age-old spiritual tradition of India. It forms the last chapter of the Shukla Yajur Veda Samhita. The message of this small Upanishad, having only eighteen verses, is as profound as it is all-comprehensive. It proclaims the divinity of man and nature and the spiritual oneness …

Kena Upanishad is notable in its discussion of Brahman with attributes and without attributes. This Upanishad forms a part of the Talavakara or Jaimini Brahmana. Here we get the notion of the Ultimate Reality or Brahman as the origin, ground, and goal of all the manifold manifestation. It lays great stress on the unique opportunity …

    The singing of Ramnam Sankirtan in the centres of the Ramakrishna Order was started by none other than Swami Brahmananda. Rama's name is often chanted or sung within the many traditions of Hinduism. In Mahabharata, Shiva states that uttering "Rama" three times is equal to pronouncing the thousand other names of God. "Ram Naam Satya Hai" (transl. The …

Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, have the conversations of Sri Ramakrishna with his disciples, devotees and visitors, as recorded by Mahendranath Gupta, who wrote the book in Bengali under the pseudonym of ‘M’. The recordings alternate between deep mystical experiences and ecstasies, profound utterances about the nature of the Ultimate Reality, homely parables and illustrations, animated …

Ramcharitmanas (Devanagari: रामचरितमानस rāmacaritamānasa), is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas (c. 1511–1623). It has many inspirations, the primary being the Ramayana of Valmiki. This work is also called, in popular parlance, Tulsi Ramayana, Tulsikrit Ramayana, Tulsidas Ramayana or simply Manas. The word Ramcharitmanas literally means …

The Chaitanya Charitamrita (Sanskrit: चैतन्यचरितामृत, romanized: Caitanya-caritāmṛta; Bengali: চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত, romanized: Côitônyôcôritamṛtô), composed by Krishnadasa Kaviraja in c. 1557, is written in Bengali with a great number of Sanskrit verses in its devotional, poetic construction, including Shikshashtakam. It is one of the primary biographies detailing the life and teachings of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the founder of Gaudiya …