A Guide to Spiritual Life

Swami Brahmananda was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and the first president of the Ramakrishna order. Sri Ramakrishna regarded him as his spiritual son.

Spiritual teachings and selected letters of Swami Brahmananda.

• Indian paperback, 303 pages 81-7505-408-5

The translator writes:

When I first joined the monastery of the Ramakrishna Order, I used to ask many spiritual questions of senior monks who were disciples of Holy Mother, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Brahmananda, or Swami Shivananda. On one occasion, a monastic disciple of Swami Brahmananda told me: “Read Dharma-prasange Swami Brahmananda (Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda); then you will not have to ask spiritual questions of anybody.” Truly speaking, that book became my spiritual guide…