Voice of Vivekananda
Renouncer and householder Once a devotee named Rao, who always saw Maharaj engrossed in normal chores like cooking and tending cows, asked in a lighter vein, “Swamiji, what is the difference …
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The following incident from Kalipada Ghosh’s life is to be repeatedly contemplated by the devotees of Sri Ramakrishna. This incident can also be meditated upon daily. Kalipada Ghosh came as an …
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Swami Yogananda was staying at Varanasi and performing austerities. One night, while he was repeating the name of Sri Ramakrishna, an evil spirit tried to harm him. Immediately, he shouted out, ‘Jai …
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While Swami Subodhananda was practising austerities in Hardwar, the following incident occurred: ‘I had been suffering from fever for two months. I was so weak that I could not lift a tumbler of …
One day, when Swami Brahmananda was taking rest after lunch at Balaram’s house, a teenage girl came with her brother to see him. When she expressed her desire to see the Swami, she was informed that …
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Doubt is like a disease of the mind. It arises every now and then. Although Yogin-ma was an intimate companion of Holy Mother, she at one time, doubted her divinity. She said to herself: ‘Sri …
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