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Swami Vivekananda said, “We are
the servants of that God who by the ignorant is called man.” Ramakrishna
Mission has completed 108 years of loving service to God in the form of
humanity, and now stands at the dawn of the Third Millennium poised to
blossom forth into the immense possibilities of the future. To mark the
event the Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, is bringing out a new book,
the story of Ramakrishna
Mission.
Since Ramakrishna
Math, the monastic order brought into existence in 1886 by Sri
Ramakrishna the Prophet of the Modern Age, is inseparable from
Ramakrishna Mission, the story of
Ramakrishna Mission is also the story of Ramakrishna Math.
As a matter of fact, the book is a comprehensive survey of the whole
Ramakrishna Movement which includes lakhs of lay devotees and hundreds
of non-affiliated centres.
In this book you read:
 how a
handful of educated young men, inspired by the ideals of renunciation,
service and devotion to their great teacher Sri Ramakrishna, started a
new monastic order in a dilapidated building, and how it later grew into
two worldwide organizations which together have 162 branch centres in
India and other countries;
a comprehensive
account of the schools, colleges, hospitals, dispensaries, tribal
development centres, large-scale relief operations, etc conducted by
Ramakrishna Math and Mission and the contributions the twin
organizations have made in educational, medical and other fields of
social service;
studies on the message of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri
Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda, and Vedanta Philosophy – which form
the ideological basis of Ramakrishna Movement – and how these universal
concepts are shaping world thought current.
The story of Ramakrishna Mission
is a massive volume of 1260 pages studded with more than 130 colour
photos. Price
Those who are
interested in getting the book at the prepublication price should
contact
Advaita Ashrama
5 Dehi Entally Road
Kolkata 700 014
Email: mail@advaitaashrama.org
Website:
www.advaitaashrama.org
Click here to purchase online
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