This book contains reminiscences of 42 second-generation monks of the Ramakrishna Order. The lives of these monks were molded and heavily influenced by their contact with the first-generation monks who had lived with Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother, and Swami Vivekananda. The author, Swami Chetanananda, knew nearly all of these monks personally, and he provides inspiring descriptions of these associations, the monks’  character and teachings.

How did Ramakrishna’s aptitude for inner experience translate into the lives of the ordinary man and women he inspired? The more than thirty-one devotees covered in They Lived with God had to face addiction, abusive husbands, disobedient children, indifferent or hostile relatives, bereavements, and spiritual doubts and misgivings. Particular attention is paid to the way they faced death. Their failures and triumphs are entertaining, practical examples for anyone seeking to work and live with an awareness of God’s abiding presence. The revised second edition has been enlarged to include three new biographies; Bhavanath Chattopadhyay, Narendra Nath Mitra, and Tejchandra Mitra.

a skillfully selected compilation of his essential ideas. With glossary and illustrations.

This beautiful and expansive pictorial biography is an appropriate commemorative of the centenary of Vivekananda's coming to the West and of his message of pure spirituality devoid of narrowness and bigotry.