Days in an Indian Monastery
Sister Devamata, then Laura Glen, was introduced to Vedanta by Swami Vivekananda in 1899 in New York.
In 1901 she traveled to India, one of the first from the West who traveled to India to meet the people associated with Sri Ramakrishna. The diary she kept is a record of her experiences.
Most of her time was spent at the Madras Monastery and with Swami Ramakrishnananda, one of the original disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. But we also follow her as she traveled India and met many of the other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.
Reading the book is like travelling back through time to see what it was like to meet these spiritual giants.
Back in print after many years.
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Days in an Indian Monastery
10/22/2016
Sister Devamata's very personal descriptions of the direct disciples, particularly Swami Ramakrishnananda with whom she spent a great deal of time in India, are engaging, enlightening and well written. Her accounts of life at the monasteries (both in Madras (now Chennai) and Calcutta/Belur Math and her observations of Indian life in the early 1900s are colorful and interesting. She also weaves in Vedanta philosophy and first hand stories from some of the luminaries of the Ramakrishna Order in India. A delightful book; easy to read yet profound and intimate.
In 1901 she traveled to India, one of the first from the West who traveled to India to meet the people associated with Sri Ramakrishna. The diary she kept is a record of her experiences.
Most of her time was spent at the Madras Monastery and with Swami Ramakrishnananda, one of the original disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. But we also follow her as she traveled India and met many of the other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.
Reading the book is like travelling back through time to see what it was like to meet these spiritual giants.
Back in print after many years.
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Sister Devamata's very personal descriptions of the direct disciples, particularly Swami Ramakrishnananda with whom she spent a great deal of time in India, are engaging, enlightening and well written. Her accounts of life at the monasteries (both in Madras (now Chennai) and Calcutta/Belur Math and her observations of Indian life in the early 1900s are colorful and interesting. She also weaves in Vedanta philosophy and first hand stories from some of the luminaries of the Ramakrishna Order in India. A delightful book; easy to read yet profound and intimate.