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The Life of Ramakrishna

by Romain Rolland · 1929

His Ramakrishna, the man-gods, and the universal gospel of Vivekananda (a study of mysticism and action in living India) seriesbook 1 of 2Next:Life of Vivekananda and the Universal Gospel(1930) →

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The life and teachings of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna, as written by a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in the early 1900s. Used in many colleges as an introduction to the saint.Beautiful translation and story from the French edition.

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