The Condensed Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Mahendranath Gupta, a householder disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, is familiarly known by his pen name ‘M’ and popularly as Master Mahashay. He was the recorder of the great teachings and revelations that came to humanity through Sri Ramakrishna. ‘M’ eventually published these teachings in Bengali as Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. Available in a five-volume English translation by Dharm Pal Gupta, Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. remains a unique classic in the religious literature of the world. The Bengali work was also translated into English by Swami Nikhilananda as The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, one of our most popular titles.

The present work, The Condensed Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna , is M’s own English version of some of the most important and representative sections of his original five-volume Bengali work. It is more a translation of thoughts contained in his diaries than of its language. He has also included in this work several new elaborations and doctrinal discussions. In this sense, this book, by its nature, is more of an original work by ‘M’ in English rather than a mere translation, making it a wonderful addition to The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.

This book has been re-printed in a new, updated 7th edition. Spellings have been standardized, grammatical and punctuation errors have been corrected, and the syntax of the text has been edited in a few places for better presentation and comprehension. For the benefit of readers, a more detailed “Contents” and an Index have been included. All in all, a better book for the 21st century.