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Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play | 
 enlarge | Author: Swami Saradananda
Creator: Swami Chetanananda
Publisher: Vedanta Society of St. Louis
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 954829
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1003
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 0916356817
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.555092
EAN: 9780916356811
ASIN: 0916356817
Publication Date: November 2003
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The marvelous story of Sri Ramakrishna's life -- the intimate details of how he realized God and how he taught his disciples to do the same. The authentic, factual, descriptive, interpretive, and comprehensive biography of Sri Ramakrishna, the spiritual phenomenon of our age.
. . . for experienced meditators this book offers delightful and profound answers to deeper questions about traveling the spiritual path.
. . . for scholars this book offers the source biography for Ramakrishna's life and teachings, as well as an authentic look into India's spiritual history and its various religious and philosophical traditions.
. . . for those simply interested in adventure, this book provides absorbing details of the journey through consciousness of one of the greatest spiritual figures of all time.
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An Indian Saint January 28, 2004
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
"Sri Ramakrishna was one of the greatest of India's spiritual adepts of recent times. ...By assimilating the ... practices of different faiths into his own personal practice, he presented a powerful example of respect for other traditions, even while maintaining a deep fidelity to his own. His ... life remains a guide and inspiration to millions on their spiritual path."
So writes His Holiness the Dalai Lama, exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhists. The Dalai Lama is well-known in the United States; Ramakrishna is not. This biography, a faithful translation from the Indian Bengali, will serve as history's correction to all who take a devout and detailed pilgrimage through its pages.
The Hindu priest Ramakrishna (1836-1886) was, by many of his contemporaries as well as those who knew him only distantly in time and place, regarded as a living incarnation of God. At the least, he graces the company of saints. His message was one of
liberation -- from superstition, fear, and religious intolerance -- and of unity -- a unity of all creation as an expression of the holy.
In his brief 50 years of life, he attracted and inspired a generation of young Indians, led by Swami Vivekananda who went on with the other 15 original disciples to form the Ramakrishna Order and to spread its teachings through India, Europe, and the United States.
The life of Ramakrishna was first recorded by Swami Saradananda (1865-1927), and is now translated into English by Swami Chetanananda, minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis.
Swami Saradananda cared for Ramakrishna during his final illness and later became a monk in the new religious order. He was admirably situated to know the principals, to converse with them, and to record their reminiscences. He spoke with many who had known Ramakrishna from his humble birth in the little village of Kamarpukur, through his service in the Temple at Dakshineswar on the Ganges River, until his death of cancer near Calcutta in 1886.
Seven years in preparation, this translation of Ramakrishna's life story takes its place as the authentic, factual, descriptive, interpretive, and comprehensive biography of a spiritual giant. The book includes a biography of Swami Saradananda, a detailed listing of chapter contents, a chronology of Ramakrishna's life, a glossary, and an index. Over 100 illustrations, many in full color, bring to life the characters and locations of the book.
While Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play will undoubtedly serve as the scholarly resource on Ramakrishna for generations to come, it is a highly readable and engrossing story, well within the understanding of the average reader. Its 1,000-plus pages should not discourage anyone who seeks spiritual nourishment of the highest order.
A Wonderful Blessing for the Holidays! December 15, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I can't say enough good things about this wonderful new translation of the Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. Swami Chetanananda has done an extraordinary job with Swami Saradananda's classic. Many kudos as well to the Vedanta Society of St. Louis. This edition is well bound and filled with many many beautiful pictures, some of whom I have never seen before. Truly a wonderful blessing for the holidays, and one that I will use and treasure for many years to come.
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