Sri Ramakrishna, the Face of Silence
An inspiring in-depth look at the nineteenth-century Godman of India and Prophet of Harmony.
Sri Ramakrishna, one of the greatest spiritual personalities of our time, is widely recognized as the Prophet of the Harmony of Religions. After perfecting the practice of several religions—including Christianity, Islam and various traditions of Hinduism—he declared, “As many faiths, so many paths.”
For the first time, two classic biographies—Dhan Gopal Mukerji’s The Face of Silence (1926) and Swami Nikhilananda’s Sri Ramakrishna (1942)—are brought together to provide a fuller understanding of the life and spiritual significance of Sri Ramakrishna as well as the systems of Indian religious thought intimately connected with him. Pairing legend with fact, memory with history, this unique volume—including an Introduction to Sri Ramakrishna’s God-consciousness by Swami Adiswarananda—succeeds in intimately examining the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and conveying the true story of this great mystic, whose leaping flame of spiritual realization continues to influence the modern spiritual search.
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Book details
- Author
- Swami Adiswarananda
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Hinduism
- Topics
- Hinduism · religious biography · interfaith harmony · Indian spirituality · Ramakrishna Order · God-consciousness · 19th century India
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732331 (Paperback)9781683363217 (Hardcover)
About the author
SWAMI ADISWARANANDA was a monk of the Order of Sri Ramakrishna and Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York. His books include The Four Yogas, The Spiritual Quest and the Way of Yoga, and The Vedanta Way to Peace and Happiness.
Adiswarananda held a Master’s degree from the University of Calcutta. He taught religious subjects at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in Belur, West Bengal, and served as editor of Prabuddha Bharata: Awakened India, the Order’s English-language journal on religion and philosophy.
Adiswarananda was born in West Bengal, India, in 1925. He joined the monastic Order of Sri Ramakrishna in 1954, was ordained a monk in 1963, and led the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York from 1973 until his death in 2007.