Mahendranath Gupta (1854–1932), who preferred to call himself M, was one of the foremost disciples of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and the author of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. Sri Thakur Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Bangla: শà§à¦°à§€à¦°à¦¾à¦®à¦•à§„ষà§à¦ž পরমহংস) (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886) was a Bengali saint. ...
Mahendranath Gupta was the headmaster of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's high school when he first met Ramakrishna in 1882. He frequently visited Ramakrishna in Dakshineswar Kali Temple till Ramakrishna's passing away in 1886, and even stayed with him for successive days a few times. Everytime he went back home after visiting Ramakrishna, he would note down in his personal dairy the conversations and sayings of Ramakrishna. It was from these notes that he compiled The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: ঈশà§à¦¬à¦° চনà§à¦¦à§à¦° বিদà§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¸à¦¾à¦—র) (1820-1891) was a polymath. ... Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River in India, the Dakshineswar Kali Temple was constructed by Rani Rasmani, a wealthy widow, between 1847 and 1855. ...
There is a chapter devoted to Mahendranath Gupta in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. Paramhansa Yogananda Paramahansa Yogananda परमहंस योगाननà¥â€à¤¦ (January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952), was an Indian yogi and guru. ... Autobiography of a Yogi is the autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda. ...
However, the best known record of Sri Ramakrishna's teachings is the Bengali Kathamrita written by Sri MahendranathGupta (Sri M.).
A personal account of his life and teachings is recorded by his disciple, MahendranathGupta, simply known as "M", in Kathamrita.
The account makes us aware of Ramakrishna's distinctive conversational style, his profuse employment of metaphors and parables, his characteristic wit and his frequent use of Bangla dialect words and idioms.
A personal account of his life and teachings, is recorded by his disciple, MahendranathGupta, simply known as "M", in the Gospel of Ramakrishna.
It could be argued that Ramakrishna's vision of Hinduism, and its popularisation by western converts like Christopher Isherwood, have largely coloured western notions of what Hinduism is.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (I and II)- Mahendranatha Gupta ISBN 982-3
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