When I first joined the monastery of the Ramakrishna Order, I used to ask spiritual questions of senior monks who were disciples of Holy Mother, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Brahmananda, or Swami Shivananda. On one occasion a monastic disciple of Swami Brahmananda told me: "Read Vb>Dharma-prasange Swami Brahmananda (Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda); then you will not have to ask spiritual questions of anybody." Truly speaking, that book became my spiritual guide... -- Thus Swami Chetanananda

Swami Chetanananda has translated Dharma-prasange from the original Bengali bringing this spiritual classic to the grateful attention of English readers.

Swami Brahmananda was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and the first president of the Ramakrishna order. Swami Chetanananda is the head minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis.