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This
life-story has been excerpted from the book 'They
Lived With God' by Swami
Chetanananda, published
by the Vedanta Society of St. Lois. To read the entire studied
life,
and lives of 27 Householder disciples, please read this book. (Swami
Chetananda has also published a book on all 16 the Monastic Disciples
of Sri Ramakrishna 'God Lived With Them')
The
highlights of his life
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Born
in Kolkata on 14 July 1854
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After
graduating from college, took up the profession of a teacher. |
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Met
Sri Ramakrishna in February 1880. |
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On
his second visit, M. asked Sri Ramakrishna four vital questions
of life. For readers of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, it
is as though he had asked them on behalf of humanity:
- 'How may we fix our minds on God?'
- 'How ought we to live in the world?'
- 'Is it possible to see God?'
- 'Under what conditions does one see God'
(Click
here to read the Gospel online)
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Recorded
each meeting with Sri Ramakrishna, each word, with himself and
with the others, initially only for himself, and later compiled
it into the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - the only book of its
kind - the recordings of the direct words of an incarnation. |
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Sri
Ramakrishna had asked him to work for the Divine Mother and
he did so for 50 years. |
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Left his body in full consciousness on 4 June 1932. Breathed
his last saying "Mother - Guru Deva - take me up in thy
arms. |
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