A fresh, inspiring translation of the most complete, authentic biography of Ramakrishna ever written. It is the masterwork of his disciple, Swami Saradananda that covers the spectrum and depth of Ramakrishna's spiritual practices and experience.Now, at last, we have a splendid translation of the source biography from which all previous accounts of Sri Ramakrishna have drawn. Swami Chetanananda's long-awaited translation of Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play is an epic event in the unfolding saga of world spirituality.Huston SmithSri Ramakrishna was one of the greatest of India's spiritual adepts of recent times, actively embodying India's profound tradition of plurality....I am sure many readers will be grateful to Swami Chetanananda for his English translation of Swami Saradananda's authoritative biography of Sri Ramakrishna from the original Bengali. the Dalai Lama