Five Gospels of Sri Ramakrishna

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Mahendranath Gupta is a classic work of detailed recollections from “M” of the last years of Ramakrishna’s life, 1882 to 1886. The present volume contains five additional collections of Ramakrishna’s sayings, five “new” Gospels, all composed by devotees who knew him personally and wrote down what they remembered and thought would be useful to others. All five Gospels were written later in Ramakrishna’s life, between 1878 and 1886 or shortly after his death.

These Gospels do not replace “M”s Gospel, but greatly expand our sense of Ramakrishna the man, his wisdom, and his holiness, and will help us to read the more familiar texts with a fresh eye. These five collections, translated and edited by Swami Chetanananda, present 2,079 of Ramakrishna’s teachings in a single book.