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.
Those who die, merely suffering the woes of life like cats and dogs, are they human beings? The worthy are those who, even when agitated by the sharp interaction of pleasure and pain, are discriminating and, knowing them to be of an evanescent nature, become passionately devoted to the Atman. This is all the difference between human beings and animals.
-Swami Vivekananda