In the pages of this book are recorded inspiring incidents from the day-to-day life in various centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission giving the readers an idea of what life is like in the monasteries of the Ramakrishna Order in India. Self-effacement, dedication to a spiritual ideal, insights into spiritual matters � the book has much to motivate. A generous helping of humour and practical jokes makes the narrative lively and highly readable.
The disciple must have great power of endurance. Life seems comfortable; and you find the mind behaves well when everything is going well with you. But if something goes wrong, your mind loses its balance. That is not good. Bear all evil and misery without one murmur of hurt, without one thought of unhappiness, resistance, remedy, or retaliation. That is true endurance; and that you must acquire.
-Swami Vivekananda