Prince among the Apostles of Ramakrishna, cowherd-boy of the Krishna Leela in Vrindavan, Ramakrishna's spiritual son, Raja Maharaj (Swami Brahmananda) reigned over the Ramakrishna Order as its first President like a veritable monarch from 1897-1922. Childlike in his simplicity (he used to play with children wearing masks), supremely exalted in his spirituality (he used to say that between him and the Absolute there was but a very fine glassy layer which he could, if he wished, smash through any moment and merge in the Absolute but Ramakrishna was preventing him from doing so), Maharaj was a powerhouse of spirituality quite akin to his spiritual father. He radiated spirituality like a tangible force, could illumine aspirants with a touch or a wish and sat godlike in the precincts of the Belur Math awakening the spiritual consciousness of man. Many a devotee mistook him to be Ramakrishna from behind and the fortunate one even envisioned Ramakrishna in him, such was his spiritual altitude and identification with the Master.
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