CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

1-97

The Mahâtmans

1

The Four Stages of Life

3

Samnyâsins or Saints

6

Ascetic Exercises or Yoga

8

Râmakrishna

10

Dayânanda Sarasvatî

12

Pawâri Bâba

13

Debendranâth Tagore

16

Rai Shaligrâm Saheb Bahadur

20

Râmakrishna

23

The Dialogic Process

25

Râmakrishna's Life

30

Remarks on Râmakrishna's Life

59

Mozoomdar's Judgement

61

Râmakrishna's Language

62

Râmakrishna's Wife

64

Râmakrishna's Influence on Keshub Chunder Sen

66

Vedânta-philosophy

69

Ekam advitiyam. One without a Second

74

Γνῶθι σεαυτόν

80

Final Conclusion, Tat tvamasi

91

Remarks on the Sayings

95

THE SAYINGS OF RÂMAKRISHNA

98-181

INDEX TO THE SAYINGS

189-200