Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita
For more than 30 years I have been touched and reading the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. This was the version Swami Nikhilananda transalated from the original Kathamrita written in Bengali. Recently I happened to see the Hollywood Vedanta Center catalogue and saw Swami Saradananda version of the Kathamrita. Out of curiosity of any differences I bought the later along with the Concordance to the Gospel. To me the style and translation languages in both get dissolved because I hear only Sri Ramakrishna speaking. Please see January 2018 issue of the Prabuddha Bharat where various authors spoke about the Gospel. Particularly, read the articles by Atmagyananand (Vedanta Society, MD). He (an American) learned Sanskrit and Bengali to read the Gospel in Bengali who also did not miss anything in translation. Somehow, the Divine spell of Sri Ramakrishna! Anyhow, these are invaluable great books to keep and read in your home.
