Over the space of 100 years, the Ramakrishna Mission has grown from a group of young monks with little money and a haunted house to serve as their headquarters to a major organization in India tasked with spreading the message of Sri Ramakrishna and doing public work to lessen the suffering of the impoverished masses in India.

This is a massive book that clearly looks at the past and future of the Ramakrishna Mission all over the world.The chapters are written by a distinguished group of luminaries including Swamis Lokeshwarananda, Ranganathananda, Atmasthananda, Bhuteshananda, and Swami Gahananda.

The book is divided into four parts:

1) Sources of Inspiration
2) Historical Perspectives
3) Contributions of (the) Ramakrishna Math and Mission
4) Ideological Perspectives