Ome, Tavokatham, Ritham, tapta, Jivanam, Kavhidhya, Kallma shavanam, Shrevanam Shremanathatatam,

Bhuvigrinanthi, Bhuridhājana.

Namaste and good evening and welcome back. Good evening.

Long time, no see.

You should go and whose fault is that.

Yes.

So this is the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna class where we study this book, which is a translation of the Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ramakrishna Kathamritab, which is the dialogues, the conversations

of Sri Ramakrishna as recorded by Mahindranad

Gupta. Here in the book, he goes by the, he goes by M. Mahindranad Gupta, who was the

disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. So it's a spiritual classic.

This book, this particular book was translated right here in New York

by Swami Nikila Anandhii around the time of the Second World War.

And it actually got a review in the New York Times at that time. Just after it was published, I think, yeah, all the way back.

So, we read this, we read little bits of it, and then I talk about it.

You can ask questions or just give comments.

I was just thinking today, why did I insist on keeping it private?

One reason was before I came here, I was in the Vedantah Society of Southern California and Hollywood.

And there too they had this class.

This class was given by Swami Prabhavannandhi,

who was the founder of the Vedantas Center in Southern California in Los Angeles.

And this class was the most special class.

So all the other classes were open to people, visitors.

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