This book narrates the story of the Ramakrishna Mission. At the dawn of the third Millennium, the Ramakrishna Mission reviews the story of its 109 years of loving service to humanity, or, in the words of Swami Vivekananda, service to that God who by the ignorant is called man.The book is divided into four parts under the titles: Sources of Inspiration, Historical Perspectives, Contributions of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, and Ideological Perspectives.A must for all those interested in the Ramakrishna Movement.
I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
-Swami Vivekananda