Swami Atmasthananda (Satyakrishna Maharaj), the 15th President of the Ramakrishna Order, who was a beacon in the dark sea of human despair, one who guided countless souls through the turbulent sea of sorrow and led them to beatitude at the blessed feet of the Master. His seminal work in the Order will be long remembered and many years hence when his crowning accomplishment in the rationalisation of the Mission's relief services will have been forgotten, countless beneficiaries will yet bless him for his selfless contribution to the cause. The Rajkot Temple will bear testimony to his presence there once upon a time in distant 20th century and so will the Myanmar Hospital -- now no more under the Mission's care -- and the Ranchi Sanatorium bear unto him eternal gratitude. Volatile, ebullient, scintillating personality that he was, Satyakrishna Maharaj, nonetheless, charmed all who came within his immediate ambit with his childlike simplicity, rectitude and the infectious sparkle of his character. My prostrations unto his memory.
Hari Om Ramakrishna
Written by Sugata Bose
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