Today the Ramakrishna Movement is a force to be reckoned with all over the world. The author here traces the origin and growth of this great Movement, presenting the history of the Movement from its inception and touching the important landmarks in its chequered course?all in a well-authenticated manner. In the compact space of this small book, the reader becomes well acquainted with the multifarious activities of the Ramakrishna Movement and their meaning for mankind today.
I hate this world, this dream, this horrible nightmare, with its churches and chicaneries, its books and blackguardisms, its fair faces and false hearts, its howling righteousness on the surface and utter hollowness beneath and, above all, its sanctified shopkeeping!
-Swami Vivekananda