Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna
Dramatically recreates a series of delightful encounters with a great spiritual teacher.
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Dramatically recreates a series of delightful encounters with a great spiritual teacher. Library Journal Hixon, a disciple of both Ramakrishna's wife and his spiritual successor, provides contemporary commentary based on The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna and The Great Master . This retelling in clear contemporary English requires no background knowledge and makes accessible the ideas of a most remarkable Hindu saint who worshipped Kali, the Divine Mother, but also experienced union with Jesus, Muhammad, and Allah. Hixon claims his book ``is not a conventional biography but a workbook'' to provide Ramakrishna's guidance to the spiritually inclined reader of any religious tradition and to clarify the mystical path. Hixon is self-effacing: what shines through is Ramakrishna sanctity and wisdom, as well as the devotion of his disciples. Recommended for most libraries.
PrefaceIntroduction1Initial Encounter: Visiting Dakshineswar Garden on the Ganges Near Calcutta12Face to Face With the Divine Dancer143Ancient Sage Meets Modern Pandit: Ramakrishna and Vidyasagar194From the God-Man's Treasury of Secrets285The Taste of Sugar: Boating on the Ganges With Keshab Sen336One Hemp-Smoker Recognizes Another387The Sage Opens a Gap in the Net of Convention458The Bliss of Ramakrishna's Birthday519The New Dispensation: Harmony of All Religions5610Cry With an Infinite Cry: The Master Responds to Burning Questions6211Timeless Man Meets Contemporary Man: Ramakrishna and Bankim Chandra7012Ramakrishna Relates His Intimate Experiences8013Radha and Krishna in Mystic Union: The Festival at Panihati9314Meeting Mother Sarada: Where There Is Shiva, There Is Shakti10015The Master Expounds Advaita Vedanta10716The Mystery of Narendra and the Vow of Spiritual Completion11317Two Great Souls: Ramakrishna's Last Meeting With Keshab Sen12018The Paramahamsa Transmits Spiritual Intensity: O Brother Madhusudana, Please Come!14019The Ideal of Feminine Love14920Avatara Meets Wandering Sadhu15521The Mood of the Divine Child: Ramakrishna Breaks His Arm16122Upward-Flowing Energy of Kundalini16723Secret Rhythm of the Wisdom Mother17324Special Worship of Kali: The Master Meets a Young Actor18225Great Swan Meets Orthodox Pandit: Ramakrishna and Shashadhar19326Ramakrishna Sings the Tantric Transmission20227The Master's Terminal Illness: His Friendship With the Humanist, Dr. Sarkar21228My Play Is Over21929The Master Transforms Dr. Sarkar22230Ramakrishna and Lord Buddha23331The Mood of Formlessness: The Master Gives Away His Treasures24132Universal Victory: The Passing Away of Ramakrishna24533Divine Communion250Index309
\ Library JournalHixon, a disciple of both Ramakrishna's wife and his spiritual successor, provides contemporary commentary based on The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna and The Great Master . This retelling in clear contemporary English requires no background knowledge and makes accessible the ideas of a most remarkable Hindu saint who worshipped Kali, the Divine Mother, but also experienced union with Jesus, Muhammad, and Allah. Hixon claims his book ``is not a conventional biography but a workbook'' to provide Ramakrishna's guidance to the spiritually inclined reader of any religious tradition and to clarify the mystical path. Hixon is self-effacing: what shines through is Ramakrishna sanctity and wisdom, as well as the devotion of his disciples. Recommended for most libraries.\ \
