The Teachings of Raamakrishna Paramahamsa

by C. Rajagopalachari, M.S. Parthasarathi (Translator)

Knowledge of saasthraas is different from bhakthi or devotion. One could learn by heart sacred texts and be able to recite them, but that is not the same as leading a life of dharma (truth) and detachment. The learning of a person who has not attained mental maturity and true wisdom is Only when one’s external behaviour is guided by internal mental maturity can one be said to have realised wisdom. The teachings of Raamakrishna Paramahamsa will help one attain true wisdom.
May men and women of all ages read Paramahamsa’s words of wisdom and benefit from them. This exposition of Raamakrishna’s teachings comprising 35 chapters has been published in the form of a book.
This is the second of Rajaji’s masterpieces in Tamil that has been rendered into English so that a wider audience than just the Tamil-speaking people can benefit from savouring the presentation by Rajaji in very simple language of the wise thoughts of Raamakrishna Paramahamsa. Only a man of Rajaji’s perspicacity and wisdom could lead everyone through the mind of the sage of Dakshineswar in such beautiful and simple words.

103 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 16, 2023

About the author

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer, and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India. He also served as leader of the Indian National Congress, Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union, and Chief Minister of Madras state, and as such, he rendered yeomen service to the nation.

Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party and was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. He vehemently opposed the use of nuclear weapons and was a proponent of world peace and disarmament. During his lifetime, he also acquired the nickname 'Mango of Salem'.

Rajaji was a great patriot, astute politician, incisive thinker, great visionary, and one of the greatest statesmen of all time. He was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, hailed as conscious-keeper of the Mahatma.

Rajaji was closely associated with Kulapati Munshiji and he was among the distinguished founder-members of the Bhavan (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan). The Bhavan has published 18 books by him so far, the copyright of which he gifted to the Bhavan.
Rajaji wrote not only in English but also in chaste Tamil, his mother-tongue. He was at his best as a short-story writer.

Rajaji passed away in 1972 at the age of 94.