CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Being and Becoming
 
SAYINGS
 —Swami Vivekananda
 
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 Swami Vivekananda on Vedantic Philosophy and Praxis by Swami Sarvapriyananda
 
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
 ‘Sparsh’ as A Silent Expression of Communication in Indian Cultural Heritage by Maruti Nandan Tiwari
 
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
 Memoirs of European Travel : A Travel Narrative in Colonial India by Swagata Bhattacharya
 
FORGET NOT
 Satyendra Nath Bose: A Rare Polymath by Rabin Banerjee
 
BOOK REVIEW
 TDP, Joy Bhattacharyya
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXVI by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
 - Generation Gap–A Myth?
SAYINGS
 —Swami Adbhutananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 - The Real Goal of Life and Nation —Swami Suparnananda
 - Emptiness and Fullness —V. Nagarajan
 - Ramakrishna-Sàdhanà or Casting Our Lives in the Ramakrishna-Mould–III —Swaraj Mazumdar
NATION
 - Our Cultural Heritage : Its Modern Orientation–I —Swami Ranganathananda
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
 - Man and Temple : A Never-failing Bond —Tapan Banerjee
SCIENCE TODAY
 - Virtues in Virus —Suprakash Chandra Roy
THE ARTS
 - At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LVIII —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Teaching in a Multi-cultural World
SAYINGS
  —Swami Shivananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Role of the Ramakrishna Mission in Fostering Freedom and Human Dignity —Swami Balabhadrananda
  Ramakrishna-Sàdhana or Casting Our Lives in the Ramakrishna-Mould–II —Swaraj Mazumdar
FOUNDATION DAY ORATION
  Reflections on Three Profound Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna —C. V. Ananda Bose
  The Journey of India’s Economy since Independence and the Road Ahead —Kaushik Basu
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  Anthropology in the Study of Indian Temples: Contributions of Nirmal Kumar Bose —Abhijit Guha
SCIENCE TODAY
  India is Splitting —Suprakash Chandra Roy
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LVII —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Artificial Intelligence
SAYINGS
  Swami Brahmananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Ramakrishna-Sàdhanà or Casting Our Lives in the Ramakrishna-Mould–I —Swaraj Mazumdar
  Swamiji in Rajputana —Chirasree Bandyopadhyay
ART OF LIVING
  Healing and Curing —Bidyut K. Sarkar
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  Bengal Temple Architecture —Kinjal Bose
MUSINGS
  Grasping Space and Time! —Prasanta Ray
SCIENCE TODAY
  Ink from Wood Wastes and 3D Printers —Suprakash Chandra Roy
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LVI —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana
BOOK REVIEW
  Three Valuable Books on Indology —S. Puri

OBSERVATIONS
  —Knowledge versus Wisdom
SAYINGS
  —Swami Ramakrishnananda
SPECIAL NEWS
  —Swami Gautamananda, the Seventeenth President of the Ramakrishna Order
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  The Power of Intuition —Swami Tyagananda
  Love and Advaita in the Philosophy of Bhàgavata Puràna–II —Arindam Chakrabarti
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  The Architectural Significance of the Swami Vivekananda Temple at Belur Math —Arun Ghosh
  Revisiting the Lesser-known Temples of Odisha : An Architectural Perspective with Special Reference to Shàkta Temples —Rajesh Purohit
FORGET NOT
  Sadhu Vaswani : A Great Soul —Tapan Kumar Chakravorty
SCIENCE TODAY
  Ignition : Brighter than the Sun —Suprakash Chandra Roy
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LV —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  - The Two Century-old Temples
OBITUARY
  - Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj
SAYINGS
  - Bhagavàn Buddha
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  - The Doctrines of Philosophical and Psychological Màyà from Indian and Western Standpoints–II by Gopal Stavig
  - Love and Advaita in the Philosophy of Bhàgavata Puràna–I —Arindam Chakrabarti
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  - Temples of Swami Vivekananda and Swami Brahmananda at Belur Math —Swami Muktidananda
POINT OF VIEW
  - On the Question of Secularism —Swami Suparnananda
EDUCATION
  - Awakening Inner Strength —Swami Shantatmananda
SCIENCE TODAY
  - Leonardo da Vinci’s Rule of Trees Revisited —Suprakash Chandra Roy
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  - Self-fulfilling Prophecy —Asim Chaudhuri
THE ARTS
  - At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LIV —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Why Vivekananda?
SAYINGS
  —St Francis of Assissi
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  The Doctrines of Philosophical and Psychological Màyà from an Indian and Western Standpoint–I —Gopal Stavig
  Pioneering National Reconstruction: Swami Vivekananda as a Modernist and More —K. Paddayya
POINT OF VIEW
  The Future of the Humanities —Supriya Chaudhuri
SCIENCE TODAY
  Precious Cockroaches —Suprakash Chandra Roy
PERSPECTIVE
  A Squirrel and the Persimmon Tree —Benoy R. Samanta
REVIEW ARTICLE
  Rebirth: A Myth or Reality? —Swarup Puri
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LIII —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

Scriptural Studies
  SAYINGS —Swami Akhandananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  What is God? Where is God? —Swami Sarvapriyananda
  The Riddle of Life —Swami Yogatmananda
POINT OF VIEW
  Why Interfaith Movement is Crucial in Our Time —Anindita N. Balslev
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  The Philosopher-king and the Ràjarshi Leadership —Bidyut K. Sarkar
SCIENCE TODAY
  Fortune from Plastic Wastes —Suprakash Chandra Roy
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LII —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana
BOOK REVIEW —Swaraj Mazumdar


OBSERVATIONS
  Swami Vivekananda on ‘Self-conscious’ Activities–II ... 4
SAYINGS
  —Sri Ramakrishna ... 5
FROM ARCHIVES
  Swami Vivekananda’s Vision of A New Social Order —Swami Lokeswarananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Glory of the Divine Name —Swami Bhajanananda
  The Idea of the Upanishad —Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty
PERSONALITY
  Rammohan Roy: A Model of Synthesis —Kaberi Ghosh
POINT OF VIEW
  Care Ethics —Urmi Ray
SCIENCE TODAY
  Finding a Needle in a Haystack —Suprakash Chandra Roy
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  Dolmancha —Kinjal Bose
REPORT
  114th Annual General Meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–LI —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana
BOOK REVIEW
  —Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
INSTITUTE NEWS
  The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture: Activities during 2023 —Debashis Banerjee

OBSERVATIONS
  Swami Vivekananda on ‘Self-conscious’ Activities–I ... 4
SAYINGS
  —Swami Vivekananda ... 5
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  How to Revive Philosophy in India —Pravas Jivan Chaudhury
  Boldness Is Vivekananda’s Message —Swami Sunirmalananda
  ‘Bhakti’ in the Works of Rupa Goswami —Ajita Mukherjee
AROUND THE WORLD
  Swami Vivekananda in England: Places Associated with the Sacred Memory —Sibatosh Bagchi ... 17
NATION
  Meghnad Saha, Netaji and Unresolved National Problems —Suprakash Chandra Roy
HEALTH
  A Positive Mental Health —Uday Chaudhuri
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–L —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  A Saga of Collective Efforts
SAYINGS
 —Sri Sarada Devi
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Nirguna Brahman and Saguna Brahman and the Creation of the Universe–II —Gopal Stavig
  The Meaning of Christmas —Rev. Mathew P. John
ART OF LIVING
  Loneliness and Solitude —Asim Chaudhuri
  The Power of Silence —Lalita Agrawal
PERSPECTIVE
  This is Not an Era of War —Arun Kumar Laha
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XLIX —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Civilization, Culture, Religion and Spirituality 
SAYINGS
  —Swami Vijnanananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  How to Cope with Dryness in Spiritual Life —Swami Prabuddhananda 
  The Problem of Evil: Some Indian Approaches —Joy Bhattacharyya 
  Nirguna Brahman and Saguna Brahman and the Creation of the Universe–I —Gopal Stavig
REMINISCENCES
  Swami Akhandananda —Swami Sarvagatananda
MUSINGS
  On Pilgrimage —V. Nagarajan
HISTORY
  The Case of Rukhma Bai: Indian Woman’s Identity Crisis Under Colonial Puritanism —Gitasree Bandyopadhyay
PERSPECTIVE
  Small is Beautiful —Kalyan Kumar Ghose
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XLVIII —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Time: A Mystery Eternal–II
SAYINGS
  —Swami Saradananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  My Life As a Monk in the Ramakrishna Order —Swami Bhuteshananda
  Advaita Vedanta in Everyday Life —Swami Shuddhidananda
  The Concept of Màyà —Pravas Jivan Chaudhury
PERSONALITY
  Sister Nivedita and Sri Aurobindo–I —Amal Kumar De 
  Professor William Hastie —Sibatosh Bagchi 
MUSINGS 
  Forget the Past or Remember It —Asim Chaudhuri 
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XLVI —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
 Time and All That Follows–I
SAYINGS
 —Swami Premananda ... 5
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
  The Future of Homo sapiens —Partha Sarothy Sengupta
  Seeing is Disbelieving! —Prasanta Ray
NATION
  Swami Vivekananda’s Message for Today’s Youth —Swami Shuddhidananda
  B. R. Ambedkar’s Ideas on Nation and Nationalism: An Overview —Ambarish Mukherji
ART OF LIVING
  Reiki Therapy: A Forgotten Treasure of India and the World —Atreyi Maitra
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XLV —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana
READERS’ COLUMN ... 41
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 2023

OBSERVATIONS
  The Mind and Its Empire
SAYINGS
  —Bhagavàn Buddha
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Teachings of Lord Buddha —Swami Prabhavananda ... 6
  The Origin of the Rig Veda and India’s Relation with Egypt, Babylon, and the Biblical Old Testament–II —Gopal Stavig
  The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–IX —Manotosh Dasgupta
Work and Its Challenges —Bidyut K. Sarkar
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
  Scientific-spirituality as Envisaged by Swami Vivekananda —Gautam Ray
ECOLOGY
  Biodiversity and Conservation: An Overview —N. D. Paria
PERSPECTIVE
  The Art of Conversation —V. Nagarajan
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XLIV —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Two Kinds of Knowledge
SAYINGS
  —Swami Turiyananda
A SACRED TRADITION
  125 Years of the Ramakrishna Mission: Its Significance–II —Swami Suvirananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Living in the World of Reality —Swami Adiswarananda
  The Origin of the Rig Veda and India’s Relation with Egypt, Babylon, and the Biblical Old Testament–I —Gopal Stavig
  The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–VIII —Manotosh Dasgupta
TRIBUTE
  A Philosopher Par Excellence —Tara Chatterjea
MUSINGS
  From ‘Us’ to ‘I’ —Urmi Ray ... 32
HISTORY
  The Fontaine or the ‘Ayi Mandap’ of Puducherry —A. Ramadas ... 34
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXXIII —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Swamiji’s Idea of Human Development
OBITUARY
  Srimat Swami Prabhanandaji Maharaj
A SACRED TRADITION
  125 Years of the Ramakrishna Mission: Its Significance–I —Swami Suvirananda
  125 Years of the Ramakrishna Mission in the World of Culture —Swami Suparnananda
  The Ramakrishna Mission: Its Genesis and Expansion —Mita Mazumdar
THE MAKER AND HIS WORK
  Swami Vivekananda and Pygmalion Effect —Asim Chaudhuri
  The Role of the Ramakrishna Mission in the Freedom Struggle of India —Ladlimohon Raychaudhury
  Swami Vivekananda’s Influence on India’s Freedom Movement —Swaraj Mazumdar
  Swami Vivekananda–the ‘Warrior Monk’ in the Ochre Robe —Tapan Banerjee
TOUCHING LIVES
  The Ramakrishna Mission School(s): A Lesson in Love —Shishir Roy
  God’s Gift to Me —Nileen Putatunda
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXXII —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Euthanasia and Organ Donation ... 4
SAYINGS
  —Swami Brahmananda ... 5
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  The Story of Two Mothers —Swami Tyagananda
  Vidyàs in the Upanishads —V. Nagarajan
  The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–VII —Manotosh Dasgupta
PERSONALITY
  Swami Vivekananda’s Humour —Asim Chaudhuri
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  A Slice of Old Goa’s Life —Subhas Chandra Sarkar
HISTORY
  The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: A Reading —Abhijit Sen
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXXI —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

OBSERVATIONS
  Vrittirupena Samsthità
SAYINGS
  —Sri Ramakrishna
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Can We See God? —Swami Akhilananda
  The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–VI —Manotosh Dasgupta
  What Jesus Means to Us —Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
  Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam —Arun Kumar Laha
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  ‘Loy Krathong’ and Bàli Yàtrà: Traces of Cultural Transaction between India and Southeast Asia —Anita Bose
TECHNOLOGY
  Buildings—Why Some Fail Early While Others Don’t —S. K. Bhattacharyya
PERSPECTIVE
  Cast(e) Away —Kalyan Kumar Ghose
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXX —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana
BOOK REVIEW
  —Tirthankar Das Purkayastha

The Enhanced Prestige of Hinduism
SAYINGS
  Sri Ramakrishna ... 5
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  God’s Grace and Man’s Efforts —Swami Pavitrananda
  Birth, Rebirth and Liberation: A Critical Study in Nyàya —Joy Bhattacharyya
  The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–V —Manotosh Dasgupta
POINT OF VIEW
  A Fictional Conversation —Asim Chaudhuri
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
  Performance and Being: A Study of the Santal Community —Sarbani Banerjee
PERSPECTIVE
  A Principled and Conscientious Lawyer —Benoy R. Samanta
ART OF LIVING
  Yoga Philosophy to Resist Social Devaluation —Paramita Majumder (Sengupta)
AROUND THE WORLD
  The Celebration of Sister Nivedita’s 150th Birthday Anniversary in Wellington Region, New Zealand: A Report —J. L. Shaw
REPORT
  113th Annual General Meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXIX —Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana
BOOK REVIEW
  —Swarup Puri
INSTITUTE NEWS
  The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture: Activities during 2022 —Debashis Banerjee

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
  On Cooperation
SAYINGS
  —Swami Vivekananda
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
  Swami Vivekananda and the Ramakrishna Mission — Swami Pramathananda
  Does God Suffer?–II — Kalidas Bhattacharyya
  The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–IV — Manotosh Dasgupta
MUSINGS
  The Divine Mother — V. Nagarajan
  The Secret of Knowing God — Babulal Das
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  Advanced Nanotechnology for the Upcoming Years — Tapas Kumar Mandal
AROUND THE WORLD
  The First Non-White Vice President of the United States — Benoy R. Samanta
THE ARTS
  At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXVIII — Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana
BOOK REVIEW
  —Raj Kumar Kothari
READERS’ COLUMN

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 On the Necessity of Ecological Balance
 
SAYINGS
 —Sri Sarada Devi

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 Holy Mother’s Role in the Ramakrishna Order by Swami Bhuteshananda
 Motherhood of God by Swami Pavitrananda
 Does God Suffer?–I by Kalidas Bhattacharyya
 The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–III by Manotosh Dasgupta
 
NATION
 Women in Patriarchal Social Frame: A Rural Indian Scenario by Nilanjana Sanyal
 
PERSPECTIVE
 Reflections on Prayers by Asim Chaudhuri
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXVII by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Science-Civilization and Religion-Spirituality–III
 
SAYINGS
 —Swami Shivananda

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 The Story of Devi Durga–III by Swami Tyagananda
 Swami Vivekananda and Others on Religious Pluralism by Gopal Stavig
 The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–II by Manotosh Dasgupta
 
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
 Modern Physics and Ancient Vedanta by Bidyut K. Sarkar
 Unsheathe Yourself! by Prasanta Ray
 
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
 Ràsmancha by Kinjal Bose
 
EDUCATION
 The Role of Spirituality in Social Change by Dilip Datta
 
BOOK REVIEW
 —Swaraj Mazumdar

THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXVI by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Science-Civilization and Religion-Spirituality–II

SAYINGS
 —Swami Saradananda

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 The Story of Devi Durga–II by Swami Tyagananda
 The Màndukya Upanishad: Reviewed Scientifically–I by Manotosh Dasgupta
 
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
 Some Thoughts on Sanskrit by Suniti Kumar Chatterji
 
POINT OF VIEW
 The Unseen World Behind by Pravas Jivan Chaudhury
 Were Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda Synaesthetes? by Asim Chaudhuri
 
ETHICS
 Kantian Ethics by Urmi Ray
 
HEALTH
 The World of Medical Diagnostics by V. Nagarajan
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXV by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Science-Culture and Religion-Spirituality–I

SAYINGS
 —Sri Ramana Maharshi

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 ‘Do Not Seek for Him, Just See Him’ by Swami Ashokananda
 The Story of Devi Durga–I by Swami Tyagananda
 
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
 Contemporary Western Literature: Progress or Decay? by Jacob Sloan
 
PERSONALITY
 Religiosity of Subhas Chandra Bose by Asit Baran Giri
 Two Unknown Women of India by Angana Dutta
 
BOOK REVIEW
 —Swaraj Mazumdar, Joy Bhattacharyya
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXIV by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 A Tryst with Destiny 
 
SAYINGS
 —Swami Adbhutananda
 
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 God as Nirguna and Saguna in Western Thought–II by Gopal Stavig
 
TRIBUTE
 The Influence of Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda on Sri Aurobindo by Goutam Ghosal
 The Mahakavi and the Mahayogi: Their Interpersonal Relationship in Pondicherry by P. Raja
 
NATION
 The Spiritual and the Secular: Revisiting Vivekananda’s ‘Idea of India’ by Debnarayan Modak
 
ECOLOGY
 Food, Environment and Human Diseases by Partha Chakrabarti
 
BOOK REVIEW
 —Tirthankar Das Purkayastha, Indranil Acharya
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXIII by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Morality, Ethics and Human Behaviour
 
SAYINGS
 —Swami Ramakrishnananda
 
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 The Subconscious Mind and Its Control by Swami Prabhavananda
 God as Nirguna and Saguna in Western Thought–I by Gopal Stavig
 
REMINISCENCES
 The Studio of Alfred Ellis by Sibatosh Bagchi
 
PERSPECTIVE
 The Redemptive Power of Love and Forgiveness by Asim Chaudhuri
 
ECOLOGY
 Gandhi’s Views on Environment: The Search for an Alternative by Ambarish Mukherji
 
ART OF LIVING
 Peace and Happiness by Lalita Agrawal
 
BOOK REVIEW
 —Nileen Putatunda, Anshuman Bhattacharya
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXII by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Civilization and Culture
 
SAYINGS
 —Bhagavan Buddha
 
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 God Laughs Twice by Swami Tyagananda
 Swami Madhavananda’s Visit to America in 1961 by Hironmoy Mukherjee
 Who Are We? by Bidyut K. Sarkar
 
EDUCATION
 The Child in Akshay Kumar Datta’s Socio-scientific Discourse by Gautam Chando Roy
 
ETHICS
 Business and Values by Harshavardhan Neotia
 
ART OF LIVING
 The Ascent of Man by Nilina Ghose
 
POINT OF VIEW
 Justice for the Weak by Urmi Ray
 
ECOLOGY
 Man and Nature by Jagatpati Sarkar
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXXI by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Towards the Building of a New India

125 YEARS OF RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
 God’s Work by Swami Suparnananda

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 Orthodox Jewish Mysticism—II by Rabbi Joel Baks
 Aspects of Meditation by V. Nagarajan
 
NATION
 The Essential Message of Indian Culture by Swami Chaitanyananda
 The Master and His Disciple: Formative Influence of Swami Vivekananda on Subhas Chandra Bose by Debnarayan Modak
 Vision of A New India by Ambarish Dasgupta
 
HISTORY
 People’s History and Environmental History: A Historiographical Quest by Ranjan Chakrabarti
 
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
 Tagore’s Message in Red Oleanders by Basudeb Chakraborti
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXX by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Intuition—Its Limitations
 
SAYINGS
 —Dadabhai

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 Swami Ramakrishnanandaji: the Dedicated Monk by Swami Shantivratananda
 Reincarnation Revisited by Asim Chaudhuri Orthodox Jewish Mysticism—I by Rabbi Joel Baks
 
POINT OF VIEW
 The Business of Philosophy by Pravas Jivan Chaudhury
 
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
 The Ràdhà Symbol by Mausumi Bose
 
PERSPECTIVE
 Inanimate Objects by Benoy R. Samanta
 The Colaba Book-Seller by Kalyan Kumar Ghose
 
REPORT
 112th Annual General Meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission
 
THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXIX by Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

CONTENTS

OBSERVATIONS
 Unity in ‘Art-Science-Religion’ 

SAYINGS
 —Sri Ramakrishna

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
 Cognition of Cognition BY Joy Bhattacharyya
 The Concept of Suffering from the Post-Shankara Perspective BY Apree Datta

ART OF LIVING
 The Price of Success BY Swami Tyagananda

DIVINE LIFE
 Swamiji’s Meeting with Pavhari Baba and Its Profound Implications BY Chirasree Bandyopadhyay

AROUND THE WORLD
 Religious Harmony in Morocco BY Kheya Bhattacharya

THE ARTS
 At Play with Ramakrishna—A Drama Based on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna–XXVIII BY Pravrajika Shuddhatmaprana

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Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture - January 2022

Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture - January 2022

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