The Gospel of Ramakrishna
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0056
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0056; gospel_ramakrishna_1907
- Author or attribution
- Mahendra Nath Gupta (M.); English text revised by Swami Abhedananda
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 1907
- Source / repository
- The Vedanta Society, New York
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages
Description and curator notes
This early English Gospel presents conversations and teachings of Ramakrishna in fourteen chapters, beginning at the Kali temple of Dakshineswar and ending at the Cossipur garden house. The title identifies Swami Abhedananda as reviser of M.'s original English text. Discussions of the Divine Mother, the relation of Brahman and Shakti, personal and impersonal divinity, spiritual practice and devotion are embedded in meetings with disciples and visitors. The river excursion with Keshab Chunder Sen is a particularly useful section for Ramakrishna's explanations of Kali and the varied modes of Mother worship. The closing chapter places the Master's illness within his own reported understanding of the Mother and spiritual realization. The text is valuable as an early English presentation of Bengali devotional teaching, but its editorial form and selectivity must be retained in the catalogue. It is not the later, much larger 1942 translation by Swami Nikhilananda. Reading the complete 1907 edition avoids conflating the wording, chapter arrangement and editorial decisions of these different publications.
KALI-0056 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.
Author / attribution: Mahendra Nath Gupta (M.); English text revised by Swami Abhedananda
Publication: The Vedanta Society, New York · 1907
New York: The Vedanta Society, 1907. Revised by Swami Abhedananda from M.’s original English text.
Format / language: Historical book / primary devotional or interpretive source · English; original: Bengali
Composition / textual history: Records of nineteenth-century conversations; this English collection was published in 1907.
Identifier: gospel_ramakrishna_1907
Kali relevance: Direct testimony and reported teaching on Kali and Divine Mother worship from Dakshineswar.
Context: Read in its historical and literary context; translation choices are those of the named translator.
Subjects: Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages
Evidence / reliability: Freely accessible complete historical text; interpretive and historical claims should be compared with modern scholarship.
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Historical text and translation are public domain in the United States; observe host transcription terms and local law for reuse.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://sacred-texts.com/book/the-gospel-of-ramakrishna
Alternate / related form: https://sacred-texts.com/hin/gork/index.htm
Source access
Read or locate the original source at The Vedanta Society, New York
Rights and reading conditions
Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Historical text and translation are public domain in the United States; observe host transcription terms and local law for reuse. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
Mahendra Nath Gupta (M.); English text revised by Swami Abhedananda. The Gospel of Ramakrishna. The Vedanta Society, New York · 1907.
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