Kindred and modern voices

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Verbatim diaries of Ramakrishna's conversations: parables, songs, laughter, and states of absorption described as they happened.

1882–1886 · recorded by Mahendranath Gupta

When: 1882–1886
Behind it: recorded by Mahendranath Gupta
Where it sits: Kindred and modern voices

The most detailed record we have of a mystic's daily speech, and the source of most of the parables in this project.

The full-length study of this text is still being written. The summary above is complete, and the originals below are the whole thing rather than a description of it.

The text itself

Complete originals, in free copies wherever one exists.

Commentaries worth trusting

Read by teachers within the tradition, not summaries of it.

Advaita Ashrama, the publishing house of the Ramakrishna Order — Ramakrishna Order A verbatim diary of a God-intoxicated life. Read it as field notes, not as scripture.

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