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Report From India Master's Precious Teachings Spread Along The Ganges
[Calcutta] Our fellow practitioners were invited by sincere spiritual practitioners in Calcutta to visit the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, and had a wonderful spiritual gathering with local practitioners. Situated on the bank of the Ganges River, Ramakrishna Math is enveloped by beautiful and natural surroundings with grand temples of the three saints -- Sri Ramakrishna, Sir Sarada Devi (well known as the Holy Mother) and Swami Vivekananda -- erected on the vast grass yard, attracting thousands of pilgrims everyday. Under the friendly guidance of some of their residential college students, our fellow practitioners had a tour around the Math and met some of their monastic disciples to exchange different viewpoints on spiritual practice. Many of their monastic disciples were impressed and acknowledged Master and Her teachings. They found many similarities between Master's teachings and those of Sri Ramakrishna, proving that since ancient times all the enlightened masters preach the same Truth. Unexpectedly, our spiritual discussion beside the sacred Ganges attracted a crowd of spiritual aspirants who joined us in the sharing of the pearls of wisdom of the past and present masters. Many of the audience left their address with our fellow practitioners and enthusiastically enquired about more information on Master's precious teachings. The following afternoon, by their monastic disciples invitation, we visited the 4th Patriarch of the Ramakrishna Mission, His Venerable Swamiji Bhuteshananda. After a brief and pleasant conversation, Swamiji kindly accepted Master's books to be placed in their library. Giving his loving regards in return, he then bid a friendly farewell to fellow practitioners. After the amicable meeting, many spiritual friends who attended our spiritual discussion the day before approached our fellow practitioners to enquire more about Master's teachings and the proper way of meditation. Some of them eagerly applied to learn the Convenient Method. Furthermore, some devotees of Sri Ramakrishna from other states even invited us to their hometown to arrange a lecture seminar to share Master's teachings with their family members and associates. "It would be our great honor to help you propagate the holy message of your Param Cura (Great Master)," they humbly expressed. Our fellow practitioners were deeply impressed by the open-mindedness of the Indian spiritual practitioners. India, how many spiritual masters you have bred for the world from generation to generation? The people living on this piece of holy land possess admirable noble qualities, glorifying the fruits of various generations of masters' teaching efforts, which shines upon the Indian civilization till eternity.

International Reports

Report From India

Master's Precious Teachings

Spread Along The Ganges

[Calcutta] Our fellow practitioners were invited by sincere spiritual practitioners in Calcutta to visit the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, and had a wonderful spiritual gathering with local practitioners.

Situated on the bank of the Ganges River, Ramakrishna Math is enveloped by beautiful and natural surroundings with grand temples of the three saints -- Sri Ramakrishna, Sir Sarada Devi (well known as the Holy Mother) and Swami Vivekananda -- erected on the vast grass yard, attracting thousands of pilgrims everyday.

Under the friendly guidance of some of their residential college students, our fellow practitioners had a tour around the Math and met some of their monastic disciples to exchange different viewpoints on spiritual practice. Many of their monastic disciples were impressed and acknowledged Master and Her teachings. They found many similarities between Master's teachings and those of Sri Ramakrishna, proving that since ancient times all the enlightened masters preach the same Truth.

Unexpectedly, our spiritual discussion beside the sacred Ganges attracted a crowd of spiritual aspirants who joined us in the sharing of the pearls of wisdom of the past and present masters. Many of the audience left their address with our fellow practitioners and enthusiastically enquired about more information on Master's precious teachings.

The following afternoon, by their monastic disciples invitation, we visited the 4th Patriarch of the Ramakrishna Mission, His Venerable Swamiji Bhuteshananda. After a brief and pleasant conversation, Swamiji kindly accepted Master's books to be placed in their library. Giving his loving regards in return, he then bid a friendly farewell to fellow practitioners. After the amicable meeting, many spiritual friends who attended our spiritual discussion the day before approached our fellow practitioners to enquire more about Master's teachings and the proper way of meditation. Some of them eagerly applied to learn the Convenient Method. Furthermore, some devotees of Sri Ramakrishna from other states even invited us to their hometown to arrange a lecture seminar to share Master's teachings with their family members and associates. "It would be our great honor to help you propagate the holy message of your Param Cura (Great Master)," they humbly expressed.

Our fellow practitioners were deeply impressed by the open-mindedness of the Indian spiritual practitioners. India, how many spiritual masters you have bred for the world from generation to generation? The people living on this piece of holy land possess admirable noble qualities, glorifying the fruits of various generations of masters' teaching efforts, which shines upon the Indian civilization till eternity.