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Saradananda (23 December 1865 – 19 August 1927), also known as Swami Saradananda, was born as Sarat Chandra Chakravarty in 1865, and was one of the direct monastic disciples of Ramakrishna. He was the first Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission , a post which he held until his death in 1927. [ 1 ]
It is therefore a first-hand source. The original Bengali version published was composed in five volumes and was the first full-scale biography of the saint. [2] This is an eyewitness account and therefore carries more credibility than later books on Sri Ramakrishna. The English translation was first published in 1952.
According to Swami Saradananda's biography Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master, Ramakrishna was filled with Christian thoughts for three days and no longer thought of going to the Kali temple. Ramakrishna described a vision in which a picture of the Madonna and Child became alive, and he had a vision in which Jesus merged with his body.
Sadananda introduced the term Maharaj to address the monks, which became the accepted form of address in the Ramakrishna Order. [4] Sadananda was deft in service. He served the other inmates of the monastery. He also served an ailing Balaram Bose, the direct householder disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, when the latter was in his deathbed. [4]
The Vedanta Kesari (The Lion of Vedanta), formerly known as Brahmavadin, is an English-language monthly magazine covering spiritual and cultural issues. Published by the Ramakrishna Math in Chennai , India, it has been in circulation since 1895.
According to Saradananda, Ramakrishna's monastic disciple Latu was seen "praying and meditating the whole night and sleeping during the day. His life was a literal example of the teaching of the Gita :'In that which is night to all beings, the man of self-control is awake; and where all beings are awake, there is night for the sage who sees (2. ...
Nirmalananda, born as Tulasi Charan Dutta in Calcutta, was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, [1] the 19th-century mystic and Hindu saint from India, and took Sanyasa (monastic vows) from Vivekananda along with Brahmananda and others.
Sitting: (l–r) Niranjanananda, Saradananda, Hutko Gopal, Abhedananda. Ramakrishnananda (13 July 1863 – 21 August 1911) was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna. Known for his "Gurubhakti" [Service to the Guru], he served the Baranagore Math for 12 years without missing a single day.