PREFACE
have translated directly from the Bengali edition of his notes. The marginal headings, foot-notes, and index, as well as the division of the Gospel into fourteen chapters, were added by me. I have endeavored to make every word of this edition as literal, simple, and colloquial as possible.
Some repetitions are purposely kept to show how the Master used the same illustrations on different occasions during the course of His eloquent conversations.
The completed work is now offered to the Western World with the sincere hope that the sublime teachings of Srî Râmakrishna may open the spiritual sight of seekers after Truth, and bring peace and freedom to all souls struggling for realization.
Swâmi Abhedânanda.
New York,
December 15, 1907.
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