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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
either in the later part of 1871 or the early part of 1872
in a wealthy family of North Calcutta.
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| 2. |
At
the age of 13, in 1885, the principal of his school - M. - the
recorder of the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, asked him if he wanted
to see a saint like Sri Chaitanya, and took him to visit the
Master. |
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When
Purna came to the Master, Mother said to him: "With this
the coming of those of whom you had visions is complete. No
one else of this class will com. in the future". (The name
Purna literally means 'Complete' or 'Full'.) |
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He
couldn't visit the Master very often because his parents and
relatives were rich aristocrats, considered it beneath their
dignity for him to visit or associate with an ordinary temple
priest.
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| 5. |
One
night when Purna was studying alone in his room the Master sent
M. to call Purna, met him at a junction near his house, and
standing there, the Master fed Purna with his own hands. Purna
was overwhelmed with emotion and was bound forever to the Master's
love. |
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April
1886, visited the Master probably for the last time at Cossipore
Garden House where he had shifted for his cancer treatment during
his last days. |
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At the age of 16, (1887), his parents forced him to get married. |
| 8. |
In 1907 Purna was elected secretary of Vivekananda Society of
Calcutta, which had been founded in 1902, just after Swamiji's
passing away. |
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Contributed to Brahmavadin, and English monthly started by Swami
Vivekananda. |
| 10. |
Passed away on November 16, 1913. |
| 11. |
Through Purna's life, Sri Ramakrishna demonstrated the synthesis
of an idal yogi and an ideal householder. |
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