The first of the Four Practices (sādhana-catuṣṭaya) is discernment (viveka). What does it really mean? What does it do? How do I practice it? How does it help my spiritual life?
Cosmic Person (Virāṭ)
Cosmic Play (Līlā)
Many Windows, One Truth
What is the significance of Sri Ramakrishna’s cryptic statement: যত মত, তত পথ, “As many faiths, so many paths”? It is possible to visualize a room with windows looking out at the vast expanse outside. The windows are small but the view they reveal is vast. The windows are many, but the view is one and the same. What do we learn from all this?
"Let the Rascal Be God's Servant"
The Razor's Edge 5
The Razor's Edge 2
God—Personal or Impersonal?
The Third Eye
Opium and the Peacock
Thoughts on Service
All the World's a Stage
To a Child the Mother Comes
The Ramakrishna Kalpataru
The kalpataru grace is not limited to the few devotees that had gathered at Kashipur on January 1, 1886. It is as valid and true today as it was then. And it is to recapture that mood of participation in the inspiring event at Kashipur that the 1st of January holds a special meaning to a Ramakrishna devotee.