E-Newsletter - December 2011

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E - Newsletter

Calender Events of

November 2011  06 Sunday - Ekadasi  07 Monday - Swami Subodhananda Jayanti  09 Wednesday - Swami Vijnanananda Jayanti  21 Monday - Ekadasi

Calender Events of

December 2011  03 Saturday - Swami Premananda Jayanti  06 Tuesday - Ekadasi  17 Saturday - Holy Mother Sri Saradadevi Jayanti  21 Wednesday - Ekadasi Swami Shivananda Jayanti  24 Saturday - Christmas Eve  30 Friday - Swami Saradananda Jayanti

December 2011

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 Calender Events and Contents

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 Sri Ramakrishna 175th Birthday Celebrations - A Report

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 Swami Premananda Jayanti

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 Sri Saradadevi Jayanti

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 Swami Shivananda Jayanti

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 Christmas Eve

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 Swami Saradananda Jayanti

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 Human Excellence Courses Schedule

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 Spoken English & Other Languages Admission Details

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 Chronos of Ramakrishna Math, Hyd.

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175th Mahasatsang - A Pictorial Report 175th Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna

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SWAMI PREMANANDA (1861 – 1918) On December 3rd Saturday - Swami Premananda Jayanti

Life BABURAM GHOSH (SWAMI PREMANANDA) was born in 1861 in the village of Antpur, in the Hoogli district of Bengal. His parents were pious, and the boy showed a strong religious vocation from childhood. Baburam’s sister was married to Balaram Bose, a wealthy man who became one of Ramakrishna’s most prominent devotees during the last years of his life. When Babauram started his secondary education in Calcutta, the principal of his school was Mahendra Nath Gupta and one of the students in his class was Rakhal (later Swami Brahmananda). Rakhal took Baburam to visit Dakshineswar in the autumn of 1882.

During his first visit, Ramakrishna subjected Baburam to certain physical tests. Ramakrishna often did this, saying that an examination of a man’s physical characteristic reveal his spiritual character at least to the insight of an initiated person. For example, Ramakrishna would say that eyes shaped like lotus petals betokened good thoughts; that eyes like those of bull betokened a predominance of lust; that the eyes of a yogi were reddish and had an upward cast. Those who are in a habit of looking out of the corners of their eyes from time to time, during a conversation are more intelligent than the common run. Again, a man of devotional nature has a soft body with flexible joints; even he is thin, his joints do not seem angular. Ramakrishna would weigh your forearm, asking you to hold it loose; if it was lighter than ordinary he would say that this showed a ‘benefit intelligence”.

He weighed Baburam’s forearm in this manner, and also gazed into his face and examined his limbs. The verdict was evidently satisfactory, for Ramakrishna urged Baburam to visit him again. He particulary praised the young man’s purity, saying that, when he was in a high spiritual mood, Baburam was one of the only few he could bear to have touch him. Two years later, he asked Baburam to become his attendant, and he told M.: ‘When I ask Baburam,”Why don’t you come here?” he answers, “Why don’t you make me come?”. Then he looks at Rakhal and weeps. “Rakhal is so happy here,” he says. Baburam’s hesitation to accept Ramakrishna’s invitation was due to his fear of making his mother unhappy. But, soon after this, Baburam’s mother, who had also become a devotee of Ramakrishna, came to Dakshineswar. Ramakrishna asked her to give her son the necessary permission and she did so gladly, only asking him in return that she might become perfect in devotion to God and not live to witness the death of her children.

Baburam begged Ramakrishna to give him the lower form of samadhi, bhava samadhi or ecstasy.

Ramakrishna appealed to divine Mother and was told that Baburam could not have ecstasy but he would have non-dualistic knowledge of Brahman instead.

Baburam impressed all who met him by his sweetness. Ramakrishna would say of him that he had the nature of a woman; adding that he was like a clean new pot in which milk could safely be kept without fear of its turning sour. Yet this self-effacing young man matured into a marvellous teacher and trainer of the young, during the period when, as Swami Premananda, he virtually presided over the Ramakrishna Math (monastery) at Belur, from 1902 to 1916, two years before his death. He

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looked after the young monks and novices in his charge devotedly. His love seemed inexhaustible; it forgave and often overcame even their worst failings. Nevertheless, he would say to them, “Do I love you? No-for if I really did, I should have bound you to me forever. Oh, how dearly the Master loved us!

We don’t have even a hundredth part of that love towards you”.

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To follow the Master means to practice what he taught; otherwise nobody can advance by just offering to him a few flowers or through some momentary sentimental outbursts.

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Can one become a great devotee of God simply by dancing and jumping or by quoting plentifully from the scriptures? What is wanted is freedom from selfishness - freedom from egotism... Mere talk will not do, this is an age of action.

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Not mere theory; actualize it - there has been enough talk and writing. Put the books aside and let your actions speak. This is what the lives of the Master and Swamiji stand for.

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The poor, the weak, the fallen, the ignorant - all these you have to make your own. And yet I warn you, that in loving one section of society you must not become hateful of the other, the rich.

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SRI SARADA DEVI (1853 – 1920) On December 17th Saturday - Sri Sarada Devi Jayanti

Endearingly known as ‘Holy Mother’, Sri Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna, was born on 22 December 1853 in a poor Brahmin family in Jayrambati, a village adjoining Kamarpukur in West Bengal. Her father, Ramachandra Mukhopadhyay, was a pious and kind-hearted person, and her mother, Shyama Sundari Devi, was a loving and hard-working woman.

Marriage As a child Sarada was devoted to God, and spent most of her time helping her mother in various household chores like caring for younger children, looking after cattle and carrying food to her father and others engaged in work in the field.

She had no formal schooling, but managed to learn the Bengali alphabet. When she was about six years old, she was married to Sri Ramakrishna, according to the custom prevalent in India in those days. However, after the event, she continued to live with her parents, while Sri Ramakrishna lived a God-intoxicated life at Dakshineshwar.

Visit to Dakshineshwar At the age of eighteen she walked all the way to Dakshineshwar to meet her husband. Sri Ramakrishna, who had immersed himself in the intense practice of several spiritual disciplines for more than twelve years, had reached the highest state of realization in which he saw God in all beings. He received Sarada Devi with great affection, and allowed her to stay with him. He taught her how to lead a spiritual life while discharging her household duties. They led absolutely pure lives, and Sarada Devi served Sri Ramakrishna as his devoted wife and disciple, while remaining a virgin nun and following the spiritual path.

Ma Sarada Devi was the first disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. She mastered every religious secret as quickly.

Impressed by her religious potential, he began to treat her as the Univeral Mother Herself and performed a puja considering her as veritable Tripura Sundari Devi. He said, ‘I look upon you as my own mother and the Mother who is in the temple’.

Life at Dakshineshwar Sri Ramakrishna looked upon Sarada Devi as a special manifestation of Divine Mother of the universe. In 1872, on the night of the Phalaharini Kalipuja, he ritualistically worshipped Sarada Devi as the Divine Mother, thereby awakening universal Motherhood latent in her. When disciples began to gather around Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi learned to look upon them as her own children. The room in which she stayed at Dakshineshwar was too small to live in and had hardly any amenities; and on many days she did not get the opportunity of meeting Sri Ramakrishna. But she bore all difficulties silently and lived in contentment and peace, serving the increasing number of devotees who came to see Sri Ramakrishna.

Leading the Sangha after the Master’s Passing After Sri Ramakrishna’s passing away in 1886, Sarada Devi spent some months in pilgrimage, and then went to Kamarpukur where she lived in great privation. Coming to know of this, the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna brought her to Kolkata. This marked a turning point in her life. She now began to accept spiritual seekers as her disciples. Her great universal mother-heart, endowed with boundless love and compassion, embraced all people without any distinction, including many who had lived sinful lives.

When the Western women disciples of Swami Vivekananda came to Kolkata, the Holy Mother acceptd them with open arms as her daughters, ignoring the restrictions of the orthodox society of those days. Although she had grown up in a conservative rural society without any access to modern education, she held progressive views, and wholeheartedly supported Swami Vivekananda in his plans for rejuvenation of India and the uplift of the masses and women.

She was closely associated with the school for girls started by Sister Nivedita.

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She spent her life partly in Kolkata and partly in her native village Jayrambati. During the early years of her stay in Kolkata, her needs were looked after by Swami Yogananda, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. In later years her needs were looked after by another disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Saradananda, who built a new house for her in Kolkata.

Simplicity and Forbearance Although she was highly venerated for her spiritual status, and literally worshipped as the Divine Mother, she continued to live like a simple village mother, washing clothes, sweeping the floor, bringing water from the pond, dressing vegetables, cooking and serving food. At Jayrambati she lived with her brothers and their families. They gave her endless troubles but, established as she was in the awareness of God and in Divine Motherhood, she always remained calm and self-possessed, showering love and blessings on all who came into contact with her. As Sister Nivedita stated, “Her life was one long stillness of prayer.”

Mother of All In the history of humanity there has never been another woman who looked upon herself as the Mother of all beings, including animals and birds, and spent her whole life in serving them as her children, undergoing unending sacrifice and self-denial. About her role in the mission of Sri Ramakrishna on earth, she stated: “My son, you know the Master had a maternal attitude (matri-bhava) towards every one. He has left me behind to manifest that Divine Motherhood in the world.”

Ideal Woman On account of her immaculate purity, extraordinary forbearance, selfless service, unconditional love, wisdom and spiritual illumination, Swami Vivekananda regarded Sri Sarada Devi as the ideal for women in the modern age. He believed that with the advent of Holy Mother, the spiritual awakening of women in modern times had begun.

Last Days Under the strain of constant physical work and self-denial and repeated attacks of malaria, her health deteriorated in the closing years of her life, and she left the mortal body on 21 Jul 1920

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If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather see your own faults.

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Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; the whole world is your own.

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When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself.

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In the fullness of one’s spiritual realization one will find that He who resides in one’s heart, resides in the hearts of others as well - the oppressed, the persecuted, the untouchable, and the outcast.

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Continue to pray without losing heart. Everything will happen in time. If one surrenders himself totally at his feet, the Master will see that everything is set right.

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One’s love of God depends entirely upon one’s inner feelings. Love of God is the essential thing.

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“Everything depends on the mind. Nothing can be achieved without purity of mind. It is said, “The aspirant may have received the grace of the Guru, the Lord and Vaishnavas; but he comes to grief without the grace of ‘one’. That “one” is the mind. The mind of the aspirant should be gracious to him.

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God is one’s very own. It is the eternal relationship. One realizes him in proportion to the intensity of one’s feeling for him. It is the nature of water to flow downwards, but the sun’s rays lifts it up towards the sky. Likewise it is the very nature of the mind to go to lower things, to objects of enjoyment; but the grace of God can make the mind go towards higher objects.

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Sri Ramakrishna left me behind to manifest the Motherhood of God to the world. I shan’t be able to turn away anybody if he addresses me as Mother. I can’t contain myself when one draws near me and calls me Mother. If my son wallows in the dust or mud, it is I who has to wipe all the dirt off his body and take him to my lap.

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The aim of life is to realize God and remain immersed in contemplation of Him. Many think of God only after receiving blows from the world. But blessed indeed is he who can offer his mind, like a fresh flower, at the feet of the Lord from his very childhood. One should practice renunciation in youth. Through japa and austerity the bondage of karma is cut asunder, but God cannot be realized except through love and devotion.

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One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak even an unpleasant truth unnecessarily. By indulging in rude words one’s nature becomes rude. One’s sensibility is lost if one has no control over one’s speech.

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My son, if a thorn pricks your foot, it hurts me like a spear entering my heart. I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Whenever you are in distress, just say to yourself, ‘I have a mother.’

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“Try to remember the Master always and perform japa whenever you can; at least you can salute him mentally, can’t you?”

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“The mind will be steadied if one repeats the Name of God fifteen or twenty thousand times a day. It is truly so.” How can the mind be kept well without work? Is it possible to meditate for all twenty-four hours of the day? So one has to take up some work. That keeps the mind in good shape.

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One should always be active. One should never be without work. For when one is idle, all sorts of bad thoughts crop up in one’s mind.

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“The result of karma, is inevitable. But by repeating the Name of God, one can lessen its intensity. If one were destined to have a wound as wide as a ploughshare, one will get pinprick at least. The effect of karma, can be counteracted to a great extent by japa and austerities.” “If one does good action, that will counteract the past evil action. Past sin can be counteracted by meditation, japa, and spiritual thought.”

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SWAMI SHIVANANDA (1854 – 1934) On December 21st Wednesday - Swami Shivananda Jayanti

Life Swami Shivananda, the second president of the Ramakrishna Order, was popularly known as ‘Mahapurush Maharaj’. Born probably in 1854 at Barasat of West Bengal, in a respectable and deeply religious family, Tarak — that was his original name — got a good education, both secular and spiritual. When he was working in Calcutta in an English Firm, he got an opportunity of seeing Sri Ramakrishna about whom he had already heard. Later, when he met Sri Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar, the latter was pleasantly surprised to learn that he was the son of Ramkanai Ghosal, his old friend. Needles to say, Tarak had full approval of his father for becoming a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna.

Tarak was the first person to join the monastery at Baranagore after the demise of the Master, and was christened ‘Swami Shivananda’ while receiving the monastic orders. Though Tarak had been married, he had successfully kept up the vow of brahmacharya (celibacy). This made Swami Vivekananda remark in later days that he was a ‘Mahapurush.’ This name stuck and he became known as ‘Mahapurush Maharaj.’

Like his brother-disciples, he also spent a few years as an itinerant monk. But he had to settle down at the monastery in 1897 after the triumphant return of Swami Vivekananda from the West. For some time he was in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) also, preaching Vedanta at the behest of Swami Vivekananda. He also took a leading part in the first plague relief work of the Ramakrishna Mission in 1899. It was he who started the Ashrama at Varanasi.

The most memorable part of his life was during his stewardship of the Ramakrishna Organizations as the president from 1922 to 1934, when he blessed a large number of people with initiation and brought spiritual solace and comfort to thousands of devotees. Like Swami Brahmananda, he stressed meditation along with work. He gave great importance to prayer as a form of Sadhana. He was full of love and compassion, and sincere seekers flocked to him.

He was one of the finest examples of the fact that the beauty and sublimity of the inner life of a holy man can never be described in words but can only be tangibly felt. In April 1933 he suffered a stroke and developed paralysis of one side. On 20 February 1934, a few days after Sri Ramakrishna’s birthday, Mahapurush Maharaj left the body for the heavenly abode. His memory is kept alive at Belur Math in the small room adjacent to the Old Shrine.

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Low thoughts will come and go. Don’t mind them. Through His grace, as a result of constant practice you will get strength. Devote your whole mind to japa, meditation, worship and the study of the scriptures, whichever appeals to you for the time being.

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Mere mechanical japa does not help much. You must have love for the Lord. But then, even mechanical japa has some results; after all it is Lord’s name that is being repeated.

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Pray to the Lord for strength, knowledge and dispassion. Pray to Him with all your heart for His grace and for devotion and faith. It is not possible for everyone to practice hard austerities, but then, through prayer everything is possible.

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CHRISTMAS EVE On December 24th Saturday Christmas Eve

It is a great life that is the best commentary and revelation of another great life. It is the elephant that understands the strength of the lion, not an ant or a rat. It is the lives of avatars like Ramakrishna and his disciples that are the best commentaries to the lives of Christs and Buddhas. Religion is essentially life. It is this life that once sanctified Jerusalem which inspired Ramakrishna and his disciples and still continues to inspire millions of people in the world. As you might know, Sri Ramakrishna was interested in every religion and he followed their particular paths to discover the truth of them. And he found that all of them, like streams, mingled in the great ocean of love.

Shri Sambhuchandra Mallick used to read Bible to Master and then explain it in Bengali. In this way Ramakrishna came to know something of Christianity. It was one day in the year 1874, he visited the garden house of Jadunath Mallick which is situated to the south of the Kali temple at Dakshineswar and he chanced to see a picture of the Madonna and Child. As he was looking at the picture, it suddenly became living to him. His heart was filled with love for Christ. For a period of three days and three nights he stayed in his room, filled with the presence of Jesus. He even refused to go to the Hindu temple or worship any of the Hindu gods or goddesses. Curious to know how the followers of Christ worshipped their Lord, he was granted a vision of devotees kneeling before Jesus and praying to him. On the third day, as he was seated outside his room, Ramakrishna noticed a luminous figure approaching him. At once he knew that this was Christ the Savior. The figure approached and embraced him and entered into his body. And so Ramakrishna came to understand that Jesus was an avatar, a divine incarnation.

About two of his monastic disciples, viz. Shashi Mj and Sharat Mj, Ramakrishna used to say that both of them were the followers of Jesus, the Christ in a former incarnation. Swami Saradananda during his visit to the Basilica of St.Peter in Vatican experienced Bhava Samadhi. Swami Ramakrishnanandaji during his stay in Madras used to visit the St.Thomas Church and spend hours in prayers kneeling down before the altar.

Christmas has some more relevance for the Ramakrishna Order. After Ramakrishna passed away in 1886, his disciples took their final vows of sannyasa on Christmas Eve. 24th December is a redletter day in the history of Ramakrishna Order. The mother of Baburam Maharaj i.e.Swam Premanandaji, invited these disciples to her village house at Antpur, a few miles north-east of Kolkata.

Narendranath, the leader, was of course there in the party which included Baburam Mj, Sharat Mj,Tarak Mj, Kali Mj, Niranjan Mj, Gangadhar Mj and Sarada Mj. In the calm and serene atmosphere of the village, the spiritual fire that had been lighted in their hearts by the Master blazed into a big fire.

Naren’s body and mind were filled with the fire of sannyasa and the following words came out of his mouth: “Let man-making be the goal of our lives! Let us make this our only spiritual discipline! Away with vain learning! Let not the glamour of the world captivate our minds even for a moment! Realization of God is the one and only thing in life! That is what Sri Ramakrishna’s life represented! We must realize God!” They kept vigil around dhuni fire and talked about the life of Christ and the glories of renunciation. It was later discovered that it happened to be the Christmas Eve – 24th December 1886. Thus it was on that day the monastic order of Ramakrishna came into existence formally at Antpur, a village in Bengal.

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SWAMI SARADANANDA (1865 – 1927) On December 30th Friday - Swami SaradanandaJayanti

Sharat Chandra Chakravarti was born at Calcutta in a rich and orthodox Brahmin family. He and Shashi, who later became Swami Ramakrishnananda, were not only cousins and family friends but also studied together at the Metropolitan College of Calcutta. The first contact of the two cousins with Sri Ramakrishna during October 1883 — was a turning point in their lives. Friendship with Narendranath (Swami Vivekananda) gave a further fillip to their spiritual and monastic aspirations. Sharat, who was an adept in serving the sick, both by temperament and by experience, was one of the few important disciples of Sri Ramakrishna who nursed him during his fatal illness. After his passing away, Sharat too joined the select band of monastics under the leadership of Narendra and became ‘Swami Saradananda’.

While in ecstasy Sri Ramakrishna’s behavior would often be mysterious. One day in such a mood, he sat on the lap of a young man, Sharat Chandra by name, and remarked, ‘I was testing how much weight he could bear’. This Sharat Chandra who was later known as ‘Swami Saradananda’ successfully bore the burden of running Sri Ramakrishna Math and Mission as its (General) Secretary for nearly three decades.

Swami Saradananda (Sarat Chandra Chakravarty) first came to Dakshineswar in October 1883, when he was eighteen years old. Sarat’s father owned a pharmacy and therefore wanted his son to become a doctor. Sarat was willing to do this, especially when Naren approved the plan, and he entered the Calcutta Medical College. But when Ramakrishna became fatally ill, Sarat at once abandoned his medical studies in order to nurse his Master. He never returned to them; for he became a monk. Throughout the rest of his life, however, he showed a vocation for nursing the sick. This he did fearlessly, even in case of most infectious diseases.

Sarat was noted for his courage and his imperturbable calm, the calm of a true yogi, which he displayed in the midst of various dangers. On one occasion, when he was travelling by carriage in the mountains of Kashmir, the horse took fright and bolted down a steep slope; he was saved from disaster only because the carriage was stopped by a tree. Saradananda got out just a moment before the horse was killed by a great rock which fell from above. When he was asked later how he had felt at the time of the accident, he said that his mind had remained detached throughout, observing what took place with the objective interest.

On another occasion, Saradananda was coming up the Ganges by boat with one of the devotees when a violent windstorm arose. The boat seemed likely to sink, but the Swami never stopped puffing away at his hookah. His aplomb irritated the nervous devotee so much that he finally seized the pipe and threw it into the water.

In 1893, Vivekananda went for the first time to the United States and spent more than three years there and in Europe lecturing. In 1896, he wrote asking Saradananda to come to the West and carry on his work. The two met in London, where Saradananda had been giving some lectures. Vivekananda left for India and Saradananda sailed for New York, where he remained, as the head of Vedanta Society, until his return in India in 1898. He later became the first secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission and held this office until his death in 1927.

Like his other monastic brothers, Swami Saradananda also spent a few years as an itinerant monk practicing severe austerities. However, when Swami Vivekananda called him for continuing his work in the West, Saradananda went to London first and later to New York for the same. While he was proving to be a great success in the West, especially due to his spiritual attainments, he was recalled to India in 1898 by Swami Vivekananda to take over the executive responsibility of the Sri Ramakrishna Math and Mission as its (General) Secretary in which capacity he served till his last day.

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The way he served Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother, was a model par excellence for anyone to emulate, In order to build a residence for her at Calcutta which would also house the office of the Udbodhan, the Bengali Monthly of the Ramakrishna Order, he labored hard. To repay the debts he had incurred in doing so, he wrote the now monumental work Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga (‘Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master’).

The Swami was as learned as he was spiritual. His courtesy and gentleness were so overwhelming that even the rudest of men would melt into submission. Equanimity and cool-headedness, even under very trying circumstances, were other remarkable characteristics of his.

Among Saradananda’s many duties was the direction of a magazine called the Udbodhan (Awakening), which was founded by Vivekananda. In 1908, he decided to build a house which would serve as an office for the magazine and a home for the Holy Mother. It was to pay off the debts incurred in building of this house that Saradananda began to write his articles which formed his Ramakrishna the Great Master (called in Bengali Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga ). It was typical of him that he demanded no special privacy for himself while he engaged in this enormous task. Sitting cross-legged at a low desk in a tiny room, with the chatter of visitors all around him, he worked away with perfect concentration, breaking off, whenever necessary, to attend to some administrative detail.

Saradananda continued his work on the Ramakrishna biography until the death of the Holy Mother in 1920.

After that, he seemed to lose all desire to finish it; and this is why an account of the last days of the Ramakrishna is missing from the book. Instead, Swami busied himself in arrangements for the building of a temple to the Holy Mother at her native village of Jayrambati. It was consecrated in 1923.

Soon after successfully convening the Ramakrishna Mission Convention at Belur Math in 1926, he took ill and shuffled off the mortal coil on the 19th August 1927.

Teachings Through selfless work the mind gets purified. And when the mind becomes pure, there arises knowledge and devotion in it.

Whatever work stands in the way of God-realization and increases discontent is bad work. You should wholly discard it.

The Ramakrishna Mission does not like to express any opinion, good or bad, about political discussions, for the Master did not instruct us to do anything of the kind, and Swamiji asked the Mission to keep itself aloof from such effort. That is why the Mission has been all along engaging itself in spirituality and service to humanity.

Now-a-days there are so many religious societies, but people lose all interest in them after a few days.

What is the reason for this? The reason is our words are not in accord with our thoughts. The first step in religion is to be sincere to the core.

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Vivekananda Institute of Languages New Admissions - Spoken English & Other Languages Instructions for Admission to Spoken English Course for January 2012 session The next session Classes will commence on: 04th [MWF-batch] & 05th [TTS-batch] January 2012 Eligibility:  The minimum qualification required to join Spoken English course is SSC pass.  The minimum age limit for obtaining application form is above 17 years (born on or before 1995), the maximum age limit is 50 years (born in or after 1962).  Foreigners are not eligible to take admission in Spoken English course.

Candidates must come in person with the following items for Application form: 1.

T he original SSC pass memo and any photo identification i.e. original driving licence, voter ID, passport etc. must be shown for obtaining application form.

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A photocopy of the SSC memo (should be enclosed with the application form).

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Two recent Passport -siz e photos for admission coupon and ID assport-siz -size card (old or stamp-size photos will not be accepted).

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Rs 100/- for Application form.

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In case they don’t have original SSC pass memo they should bring the following: a). A custodian certificate. b). An attested Photocopy of the original memo from the principal. c). Valid identity card (original) of the college.

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SPOKEN ENGLISH APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE

ON 20th , 21st and 22nd December 2011 Timings: 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

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Duly filled-in-application form should be submitted immediately and acknowledgement (admission coupon) should be obtained. date of admission: The selected candidates will have to come for admission as per Batch schedule: 29 th (Thursday) and 30 th (Friday) of December 2011 2011.

/Rs.550/ Admission Fees Rs.550

Batch Code MWF –M MWF –D MWF –E

Days Mon, Wed, Fri - [Morning] Mon, Wed, Fri - [Day] Mon, Wed, Fri - [Evening]

Class Timings 07.30 to 09.30 a.m.

10.00 to 12.00 noon 05.30 to 07.30 p.m.

TTS -M TTS -D TTS -E

Tues, Thurs, Sat - [Morning] Tues, Thurs, Sat - [Day] Tues, Thurs, Sat - [Evening]

07.30 to 09.30 a.m.

10.00 to 12.00 noon 05.30 to 07.30 p.m.

(Batch once chosen will not be changed under any circumstances) •

The number of seats are more in the day batch (10 – 12 noon). So the chances of getting a seat are more in this batch batch..

IMPOR TANT INSTRUCTIONS IMPORT INSTRUCTIONS:: •

Application form is not transferable. It is valid only for this session.

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Classes start with a 10 minute prayer. Attending the prayer is compulsory.

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Latecomers are not permitted to attend classes.

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Candidates are not permitted to join more than one language in a session.

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Only four leaves (4) are permitted in the entire session of 3 months (approximately 36 classes). If a student exceeds this limit his / her admission shall be cancelled automatically without any prior notice notice.

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Selection: 1. Applicants will be selected on the basis of the marks obtained in SSC only.

2. Preference will be given to the students who have scored less marks in English at SSC level level.

3. List of selected candidates will be displayed on the Institute’s notice www .rkmath.org board and will also be posted on our website (www www.rkmath.org .rkmath.org) on th 28 December 2011 at 9.00 a.m. Please do not come before the given date and time.

4 . The selected candidates will have to come for admission as per Batch schedule: 29 th (Thursday) and 30 th (Friday) of December 2011. Admission Fees Rs.550 /Rs.550/ Please note that getting application form does not guarantee a seat. Applicants will be selected on the basis of above said conditions and availability of seats in the chosen batches.  Applications will be accepted only on the above conditions.

Contact us: languages@rkmath.org

30 November 2011

Phone: 5763 5545

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Instructions for Admission to FRENCH, GERMAN, JAPANESE, SPANISH, HINDI AND SANSKRIT Language Courses for JANUARY 2012 session The next session will start from 04th (MWF) and 05th (TTS) January 2012.

APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ABOVE LANGUAGES FROM 28th November 2011 (Timings: 8.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.)

Eligibility:  The minimum qualification required to join for the above languages is SSC pass.  The minimum age limit for obtaining application form is above 17 years (born on or before 1995), the maximum age limit is 50 years (born on or after 1962).  Only those students who can grasp English medium instructions and can tak e notes in English are eligible to apply take apply..

Candidates must come in person with the following items for Application form: 1.

A photocopy of highest qualification certificate (minimum SSC pass) should be enclosed with the application form.

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Any photo identification i.e. original driving licence, voter ID, passport etc. must be shown for verification.

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Two recent Passport assport-siz -size -siz e photos for the Admission Coupon and ID card (old or Stamp-size photographs will not be accepted) Rs 100/- for Application form.

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Admission Schedule and Instructions: Candidates must come in person with the following items on the day of admission (Monday, 19 th December 2011 at 7.30 a.m.): i) The admission coupon, bearing the institute seal on the photo. ii) One passport-size photo for the Identity card (old or stamp-size photos will not be accepted). iii) Rs.650 for tuition fee (cash only) & textbooks etc. for Sanskrit & Hindi Rs.450 (non-refundable & non-transferable).

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Important Note Note:: •

Interested students will take admission on Monday, 19th December 2011 at 7.30 a.m. seats will be allotted on first-come first-served basis.

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The duration for the whole course the above languages is of 5 sessions: 1st Junior, 2nd Junior, 1st Senior, 2nd Senior. German & Sanskrit courses have an additional two (2) Diploma levels.

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Each session is of three months duration (approximately 36 classes). Classes are held thrice a week on alternate days as follows: MWF - Mon, Wed, Fri

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TTS - Tues, Thurs, Sat.

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Each class is of about two hours duration: Students enter the Institute 15 minutes before the commencement of classes.

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German and French language students may opt for classes either TTS or MWF batches; mornings 7.30 – 9.30 a.m. or evenings 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.

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Apart from the application fee (Rs.100), applicants will pay the following amount at the time of admission (inclusive of tuition fee, examination fee and textbooks supplied by the Institute): Language

Fees

Batches available

German

Rs.650

MWF: 7.30 – 9.30 a.m. TTS: 7.30 – 9.30 a.m.

MWF: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m. TTS: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.

French

Rs.650

MWF: 7.30 – 9.30 a.m. TTS: 7.30 – 9.30 a.m.

MWF: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m. TTS: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.

Japanese

Rs.650

: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.

Spanish

Rs.650

: 7.30 – 9.30 a.m.

Sanskrit

Rs.450

MWF: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.

Hindi

Rs.450

: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.

: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.

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Important Instructions Instructions:: •

Please take an application form ONLY if you can come to classes on time i.e. 7.15 a.m. for morning or 5.15 p.m. for evening classes.

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Only four leaves (4) are permitted in the entire session of 3 months (approximately 36 classes). If a student exceeds this limit his / her admission shall be cancelled automatically without any prior notice.

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Classes start with a 10 minutes prayer. Attending the prayer is compulsory.

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Latecomers are not permitted to attend classes.

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Students are required to dress in a decent manner befitting the sanctifying atmosphere of the Institute and the Math. Gaudy dresses, T Shirts / Shirts / Pants with writings on them, jeans / T-Shirts / Tops / Sleeveless dresses / leggings etc. for girls etc. are strictly not permitted.

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Kindly fill up the application form immediately and submit the same at the counter and obtain acknowledgement (admission coupon).

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Admission coupon is not transferable. It is valid only for this session.

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Candidates are not permitted to join more than one language in a session.

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Admissions will be given on first come – first served basis on admission day (Monday, 19 th December 2011 at 7.30 a.m.).

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Students must read prospectus for further course details, syllabus and rules and regulations which will be available with admission coupon.

First Class:- On the first day (MWF-batch MWF-batch on 04th & T TS-batch on 05th TT of January 2012 half an hour before scheduled time 2012), you must come so that you can see your section and room number which will be displayed on the notice board and follow.

You may contact us at: languages@rkmath.org

18 November 2011

Phone No. 2763 5545

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Chronos

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Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna : (open to all, except for children below seven years) 5.00 a.m to 12 noon & 4 p.m to 8.15 p.m; 5 a.m - Mangal Arati 9.30 a.m - Puja , 6.45 p.m Arati and bhajans (After evening Arati, there will be Ramanamam Sankirtana on Ekadasi days, and Special Bhajans Programme on Saturday, Sunday and other festival days.)

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Basement Hall of the temple

: Telugu weekly discourse & Meditation Saturday (5.45 p.m to 6.45 p.m)

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Vivekananda Auditorium

: English weekly discourse Sunday (5.45 p.m to 6.45 p.m)

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Office

: 8.30 to 12.00PM - 4.00 to 8.00PM

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Book Stall

: 9.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m & 4.00 p.m to 8.00p.m (Book Stall adjacent to Gita Darshan Building is open on all days from 9.00 a.m to 8.00p.m)