Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Monks of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Order and Their Books

Direct Disciples of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Swami Vivekananda (Naren)
Swami Brahmananda (Rakhal)
Swami Premananda
Swami Yogananda
Swami Shivananda (Taraknath)
Swami Saradananda (Sharat Chandra Chakravarty)
Swami Ramakrishnananda
Swami Turiyananada
Swami Niranjanananda
Swami Adbhutananda
Swami Akhandananada
Swami Trigunathithananda
Swami Abhedananda
Swami Advaitananda
Swami Subhodananda
Swami Vijnananda
Source: The Eternal Companion: Life and Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda, by Swami Yatiswarananda, Swami Prabhavananda and others,  Sixth Edition, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Madras (Chennai) - 600 004, 1978.


Important Events in Their Life



Swami Vivekananda (Naren)
Swami Brahmananda (Rakhal)
Swami Premananda

Swami Yogananda


Swami Yogananda was the first among the monastic disciples of the Master to enter Mahasamadhi.
Swami Shivananda (Taraknath)
Swami Saradananda
Date of Birth : 23 December 1865
Swami Saradananda went to the United States in 1896 on the request of Swami Vivekananda. His calm and gentle disposition, courteous and loving manners and able exposition of Vedanta won him many friends and admirers in America.
Saradananda was called back to Kolkata by Vivekananda and was made the General Secretary of Ramakrishna Math and the Mission, a post which he held for nearly three decades till the end of his life.
He wrote the monumental biography of Sri Ramakrishna known as Sri Ramakrishna Lila Prasanga in Bengali (translated later into English under the title Sri Ramakrishna the Great Master). His great works included  the construction of the temple dedicated to Holy Mother in 1921 on the spot where her sacred body was cremated in Belur Math, and another temple at Mother’s birthplace in Jayrambati in 1923.
Sources:

Swami Ramakrishnananda
Swami Turiyananada
Swami Niranjanananda
Swami Adbhutananda
Swami Akhandananada
Swami Trigunathithananda
Swami Abhedananda
Swami Advaitananda
Swami Subhodananda
Swami Vijnananda
Swami Shivananda
Swami Saradananda
Swami Ramakrishnananda
Swami Turiyananada
Swami Niranjanananda
Swami Adbhutananda
Swami Akhandananada
Swami Trigunathithananda
Swami Abhedananda
Swami Advaitananda
Swami Subhodananda
Swami Vijnananda

Books on or by the Swamijis

Swami Vivekananda (Naren)
Swami Brahmananda
The Eternal Companion: Life and Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda, by Swami Yatiswarananda, Swami Prabhavananda and others,  Sixth Edition, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Madras (Chennai) - 600 004, 1978. (First Edition 1931).
Swami Premananda
Swami Premananda-Teachings and Reminiscences by Swami Prabhavananda
God lived with Them by Swami Chetanananda
Swami Yogananda
Swami Shivananda
Swami Saradananda
Sri Ramakrishna - The Great Master: Vol. 1& 2
Hardcover - 1081 Pages (Year: 1998)
Sri Ramakrishna Math
Glimpses of a Great Soul by Swami Asheshananda
Swami Ramakrishnananda
Swami Turiyananada
Swami Niranjanananda
Swami Adbhutananda
Swami Akhandananada
Swami Trigunathithananda
Swami Abhedananda
swami Advaitananda
Swami Subhodananda
Swami Vijnananda

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