A Short Life of Sri Ramakrishna
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0136
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0136; ramakrishna_short_life_tejasananda
- Author or attribution
- Swami Tejasananda
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- unknown (inspected digital edition)
- Source / repository
- Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages
Description and curator notes
This concise biography follows Ramakrishna from childhood through his life at Dakshineswar and his final illness, then provides a selection of sayings. Separate chapters on the Divine Mother, religious ecstasy, the Bhairavi Brahmani and nondual practice make it a useful introductory companion to the longer biographies and Gospel. Kali appears as the deity of the temple founded by Rani Rasmani and as the Mother toward whom the protagonist’s longing and worship are directed. The narrative also discusses other religious disciplines, his marriage and his devotees. Its value is an accessible account of the Ramakrishna Order’s interpretation of a Kali worshipper’s life. It is a modern devotional synthesis, rather than a contemporary diary or a critical edition of nineteenth-century documents.
KALI-0136 — 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: Swami Tejasananda
Publication: Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata · unknown (inspected digital edition)
Official digital book; print edition date not given in inspected text.
Format / language: Historical book / primary devotional or interpretive source · English
Composition / textual history: Modern work; exact original composition date not established in the inspected digital edition.
Identifier: ramakrishna_short_life_tejasananda
Kali relevance: Chapters on Dakshineswar and the Divine Mother give sustained Kali-specific biographical context.
Context: Modern Ramakrishna movement; distinguish the goddess Kali from Kali used as a personal name and from Kali Yuga.
Subjects: Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages
Evidence / reliability: Primary devotional record or biography issued by the Ramakrishna Order; valuable for that tradition’s self-understanding. Reported visions and theological identifications are attributed religious testimony, not independently established historical events.
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Free reading is offered by the Ramakrishna Order’s official publications platform; the inspected complete HTML copy is hosted by a monastic faculty member at RKMVERI, a university run by Ramakrishna Mission. Modern translation, editorial and publication… See full rights note in the master data.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://cs.rkmvu.ac.in/~tamal/EssentialBooks/a-short-life-of-sri-ramakrishna/a-short-life-of-sri-ramakrishna.html
Source record: https://englishbooks.rkmm.org/s/lsr/m/a-short-life-of-sri-ramakrishna
Source access
Read or locate the original source at Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata
Rights and reading conditions
Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Free reading is offered by the Ramakrishna Order’s official publications platform; the inspected complete HTML copy is hosted by a monastic faculty member at RKMVERI, a university run by Ramakrishna Mission. Modern translation, editorial and publication… See full rights note in the master data. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
Swami Tejasananda. A Short Life of Sri Ramakrishna. Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata · unknown (inspected digital edition).
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