SWAMI NIRMALANANDA by SWAMI JAGADISWARANANDA
(Translated by Sugata Bose) ... 7
Advent : 23 December, 1863 ; Mahasamadhi : 26 April, 1938
(The life, lectures, conversations and letters of Swami Nirmalananda, direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna)
Copyright : Sri Ramakrishna-Sarada Math, Baghbazar, Kolkata 700 003
Chapter 1 : Introduction ... 2
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In 1939/40 was published a dictionary titled 'Jeevani Kosh' compiled by Sri Shashibhushan Vidyalankar in whose fourth part on pages 1223-24 was provided Swami Nirmalananda's following brief bio-profile thus :
''One of the intimate disciples and companions of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, he was born in the renowned Datta family of Baghbazar Basupara Lane. His father was Debnath Datta. Swami Nirmalananda's pre-monastic name was Tulsidas Datta.
Since childhood Tulsi had an abiding love for both academic studies and spiritual pursuits. When he was only eighteen, he first saw Sri Ramakrishna at Balaram Basu's house in Baghbazar and, so, came into contact with the Master. Thereafter, he began frequenting the Dakshineshwar Temple complex.
Along with his other brother disciples, Tulsi nursed Sri Ramakrishna wholeheartedly at the Kashipur Garden House. Following the mahasamadhi of Sri Ramakrishna in 1886, he, along with several other brother disciples, rented a house in Kashipur where they founded the Ramakrishna Order. His brother disciples and he spent their life's energy to run this organisation. Later at Belur he was elected Executive Vice President of the first Working Committee of the Ramakrishna Math at Belur that was set up under the supervision of Swami Vivekananda.
In 1903 Swami Nirmalananda travelled to America to assist Swami Abhedananda in his work of preaching the message of Sri Ramakrishna and returned to India in 1906. He earned a good name in his preaching work in America.
In 1906 he wandered through many pilgrimages before engaging in severe austerity in the Himalayas.
Following the establishment of a Sri Ramakrishna Asharama in the State of Mysore, Swami Nirmalananda was summoned by Swami Brahmananda to take up the responsibility of running the newly founded centre. For the next twenty nine years he tirelessly laboured to preach the message of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda in diverse places in South India.
Swami Nirmalananda was not only simple, largehearted and guileless but he was also resolute, valorous and full of the courage of conviction.
In 1929 when Vivekananda Mission and Sri Ramakrishna-Sarada Math were established in Kolkata, he became a member of this institution and, upon the entreaty of devotees, he agreed to become its President, a post he adorned till his very end.
Swami Nirmalananda has countless monastic and lay disciples in different provinces of India.
On 26 April, 1938 Nirmalananda Swami gave up his mortal coil at the Ottapalam Ashrama in South India.
(Translated by Sugata Bose) ... 7
Advent : 23 December, 1863 ; Mahasamadhi : 26 April, 1938
(The life, lectures, conversations and letters of Swami Nirmalananda, direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna)
Copyright : Sri Ramakrishna-Sarada Math, Baghbazar, Kolkata 700 003
Chapter 1 : Introduction ... 2
--------------------------
In 1939/40 was published a dictionary titled 'Jeevani Kosh' compiled by Sri Shashibhushan Vidyalankar in whose fourth part on pages 1223-24 was provided Swami Nirmalananda's following brief bio-profile thus :
''One of the intimate disciples and companions of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, he was born in the renowned Datta family of Baghbazar Basupara Lane. His father was Debnath Datta. Swami Nirmalananda's pre-monastic name was Tulsidas Datta.
Since childhood Tulsi had an abiding love for both academic studies and spiritual pursuits. When he was only eighteen, he first saw Sri Ramakrishna at Balaram Basu's house in Baghbazar and, so, came into contact with the Master. Thereafter, he began frequenting the Dakshineshwar Temple complex.
Along with his other brother disciples, Tulsi nursed Sri Ramakrishna wholeheartedly at the Kashipur Garden House. Following the mahasamadhi of Sri Ramakrishna in 1886, he, along with several other brother disciples, rented a house in Kashipur where they founded the Ramakrishna Order. His brother disciples and he spent their life's energy to run this organisation. Later at Belur he was elected Executive Vice President of the first Working Committee of the Ramakrishna Math at Belur that was set up under the supervision of Swami Vivekananda.
In 1903 Swami Nirmalananda travelled to America to assist Swami Abhedananda in his work of preaching the message of Sri Ramakrishna and returned to India in 1906. He earned a good name in his preaching work in America.
In 1906 he wandered through many pilgrimages before engaging in severe austerity in the Himalayas.
Following the establishment of a Sri Ramakrishna Asharama in the State of Mysore, Swami Nirmalananda was summoned by Swami Brahmananda to take up the responsibility of running the newly founded centre. For the next twenty nine years he tirelessly laboured to preach the message of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda in diverse places in South India.
Swami Nirmalananda was not only simple, largehearted and guileless but he was also resolute, valorous and full of the courage of conviction.
In 1929 when Vivekananda Mission and Sri Ramakrishna-Sarada Math were established in Kolkata, he became a member of this institution and, upon the entreaty of devotees, he agreed to become its President, a post he adorned till his very end.
Swami Nirmalananda has countless monastic and lay disciples in different provinces of India.
On 26 April, 1938 Nirmalananda Swami gave up his mortal coil at the Ottapalam Ashrama in South India.
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