The Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center of New York is a branch of the
Ramakrishna Order
The Ramakrishna Order (Bengali: রামকৃষ্ণ সংঘ) is the monastic lineage that was founded by Sri Ramakrishna, when he gave the ochre cloth of renunciation to twelve of his close disciples, in January 1886 at the Cossipore Hous ...
of India, founded in 1933 by
Swami Nikhilananda. After Nikhilananda's death in 1973, the center was headed by
Swami Adiswarananda until the latter's death in 2007. Currently, Swami Yuktatmananda heads the center.
The center has a temple in
New York City
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and the summer cottage at
Thousand Island Park, New York; it publishes a number of seminal books on Vedanta, written or translated by Swami Nikhilananda, many of which were first published by mainstream publishers, including ''
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna'', the first complete and best-known translation of ''
Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita'' in 1942.
The current spiritual head of the organization(Belur Math) is Swami Smaranananda, which encompasses the twin organizations
Ramakrishna Math and
Ramakrishna Mission.
List of publications
*''
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna'', the first complete and best-known translation of ''
Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita''
*''Holy Mother'', a biography of
Sri Sarada Devi
*''The Upanishads'' in four volumes, translations of eleven major
Upanishads
*''The Bhagavad Gita''
*''Self Knowledge: Atmabodha'', a translation of ''Atmabodha'' of
Sri Shankaracharya
*''Hinduism: Its Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit''
*''Man in Search of Immortality: Testimonials from the Hindu Scriptures''
*''Vivekananda: A Biography''
*''Vivekananda: The Yogas & Other Works''
Notes
External links
Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, main website
Hindu organizations based in the United States
Ramakrishna Mission
Organizations based in New York (state)
Religious organizations established in 1933
1933 establishments in New York (state)
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