Mahapurush Swami Shivananda, one of the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna and the second President of the Ramakrishna Order, was a person who had scaled the depths of the Divine. His letters to devotees and spiritual seekers were treasured by them as unfailing blessings for the rest of their life. This book is a collection of the more important of these letters.
No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the common weakness of humanity and should never be counted in estimating a person's character.
-Swami Vivekananda