Great Swan Contents Preface Introduction 1 INITIAL ENCOUNTER Visiting Dakshineswar Garden on the Ganges Near Calcutta 2 FACE TO FACE WITH THE DIVINE DANCER 3 ANCIENT SAGE MEETS MODERN PANDIT Ramakrishna and Vidyasagar 4 FROM THE GOD-MAN'S TREASURY OF SECRETS 5 THE TASTE OF SUGAR Boating on the Ganges with Keshab Sen 6 ONE HEMP-SMOKER RECOGNIZES ANOTHER 7 THE SAGE OPENS A GAP IN THE NET OF CONVENTION 8 THE BLISS OF RAMAKRISHNA'S BIRTHDAY 9 THE NEW DISPENSATION Harmony of All Religions 10 CRY WITH AN INFINITE CRY The Master Responds to Burning Questions 11 TIMELESS MAN MEETS CONTEMPORARY MAN Ramakrishna and Bankim Chandra 12 RAMAKRISHNA RELATES HIS INTIMATE EXPERIENCES 13 RADHA AND KRISHNA IN MYSTIC UNION The Festival at Panihati 14 MEETING MOTHER SARADA Where There Is Shiva, There Is Shakti 15 THE MASTER EXPOUNDS ADVAITA VEDANTA 16 THE MYSTERY OF NARENDRA AND THE VOW OF SPIRITUAL COMPLETION 17 TWO GREAT SOULS Ramakrishna's Last Meeting with Keshab Sen 18 THE PARAMAHAMSA TRANSMITS SPIRITUAL INTENSITY 0 Brother Madhusudana, Please Come! 19 THE IDEAL OF FEMININE LOVE 20 AVATARA MEETS WANDERING SADHU 21 THE MOOD OF THE DIVINE CHILD Ramakrishna Breaks His Arm 22 UPWARD-FLOWING ENERGY OF KUNDALINI 23 SECRET RHYTHM OF THE WISDOM MOTHER 24 SPECIAL WORSHIP OF KALI The Master Meets a Young Actor 25 GREAT SWAN MEETS ORTHODOX PANDIT Ramakrishna and Shashadhar 26 RAMAKRISHNA SINGS THE TANTRIC TRANSMISSION 27 THE MASTER'S TERMINAL ILLNESS His Friendship with the Humanist, Dr. Sarkar 28 MY PLAY IS OVER 29 THE MASTER TRANSFORMS DR. SARKAR 30 RAMAKRISHNA AND LORD BUDDHA 31 THE MOOD OF FORMLESSNESS The Master Gives Away His Treasures 32 UNIVERSAL VICTORY The Passing Away of Ramakrishna 33 DIVINE COMMUNION Index