Summary of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Literature

Published by the major publication centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission as in the year 2005
(figures followed by * mark indicate 1999 status)

SI.

No.

Name of the Publication Centre

No. of Titles

Language

Remarks

1.

Ramakrishna Math, Chennai
www.sriramakrishnamath.org

 

642

English-292, Tamil-333 , Sanskrit-17

First title published: Inspired Talks in 1908

Popular Books:

1.      The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (English) I - 57,400 copies.

2.      The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (English) II - 41,800 copies.

3.      Sri Ramakrishna Upadesh Mozighal (Tamil) - 50,400 copies.

4.      Swami Vivekananda Jeevita Chant (Telugu) - 75,100 copies.

5.      The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Tamil) 16 vols. - 6,200 sets.

6.      The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Telugu) 10 vols. - 8,800 sets.

7.      The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Telugu) 5 vols. - 11,000 sets.

2. Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad
www.rkmath.org

196

Telugu-196  

3.

Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata
www.advaitaonline.com

 

 

283

English- 182, Hindi-53 Nepali-2, English‑Sanskrit-46

Early Books:

1.      The Atman in 1905.

2.      The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (English) Vol. 1 to 4 in 1907.

Popular Books:

1.      The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (English) - 1,54,000 sets (including subsidized. edition).

2.      Selections from The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (English).

3.      Swami Vivekananda His call to the Nation.

4.      Mind and its Control.

5.      Will Power and its Development.

6.      Thoughts of Power.

4.

Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, Kolkata
www.sriramakrishna.org

 

132

English-98, Bengali-31 Hindi-2, Oriya-1

First title published: Sri Ramakrishna and Spiritual Renaissance in 1940.

Popular Books:

1.      Shatarupe Sarada (Bengali) - 56,000 copies.

2.      Aamaar Bharat Amar Bharat (Bengali) - 30,000 copies.

Important Books:

1.      Cultural Heritage of India (6 vols.).

2.      Chintanayak Vivekananda (Bengali).

5.

Ramakrishna Math, Udbodhan, Kolkata
www.udbodhan.org
 

433

English-14, Bengali-416, Hindi-3

First title published: Ramakrishna (Bengali) in 1899.

Popular Books:

1.      The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Bengali) - 40,000 sets (2 vols.)

2.      The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Bengali).

6.

Ramakrishna Math, Nagpur
www.rkmathnagpur.org
 

335

Marathi-174, Hindi- 161

First title published: Sri Ramakrishna Charitra (Marathi) in 1949. Popular Books:

1.      The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Hindi) - 20,000 sets (3 vols.).

2.      The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Marathi) - 20,000 sets.

3.      The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Marathi) - 15,000 sets.

7.

Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur

225*

English- 17, Malayalam-208

First title published: Bhajanavali (Malayalam) in 1956.

Popular Books:

1.       Bhajanavali (Malayalam) - 1,30,000 copies.

2.       Gita (Malayalam) - 1,73,000 copies.

3.       Swami Vivekananda Suktagal (Malayalam) - 1,90,000 copies.

4.       The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Malayalam) - 15,000 sets (3 vols.).

5.       The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Malayalam) - 15,000 sets (7 vols.).

8.

Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysore

265

Kannada-265

First title published: Viveka Vani (Kannada) in 1933.

Popular Books:

1.       Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Kannada) - 22,000 copies.

2.       The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Kannada) - 2,800 sets (10 vols.).

3.       Biographies of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda in all sizes (Kannada) - 3,13,000 copies.

9.

Ramakrishna Math,
Bull Temple Road, Bangalore

82

English-54, Sanskrit-5, Kannada-23

First title published: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Kannada) in 1925.

Popular Books:

1.       Secret of Concentration (English) - 70,000 copies.

2.       Hindu Dharma Prashnotara Rupadalli (Kannada) - 58,000 copies.

3.       Badukala Kaliyiri (Kannada) - 49,000 copies.

10.

Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot
www.rkmrajkot.org

 

171

Gujarati-161, English-10

First title published: Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga (Gujarati) in 1930.

Popular Books:

1.      The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Gujarati) - 20,000 sets (3 vols.).

2.      The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Gujarati) - 21,000 sets (12 vols.).

3.      Biography of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda (in all sizes in Gujarati) - 2,50,000 copies.

4.      Shaktidayivichar (Gujarati) - 1,34,000 copies.

5.      Yuvanone (Gujarati) - 1,15,000 copies.

11.

Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Coimbatore

21

English-2, Tamil- 19

First title published: Kalivi Swami Vivekananda (Tamil) in 1940.

Popular Books:

1.       Kalivi Swami Vivekananda (Tamil) - 24,000 copies.

2.       Bhajana Padalgal (Tamil) - 30,000 copies.

3.       Educational Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda (English) 11,000 copies.

12.

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur (W.B.)

82

English-7 Bengali- 140

First title published: Ma Sarada Devi (Bengali).

Popular Books:

1.      Murgi Palan (Bengali)

13.

Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi

23*

English-12, Hindi-5, Punjabi-2, Urdu-4

First title published: Make India Great.

Popular Books:

1.      How to Build Character

2.      Sri Sarada Devi-The Great Wonder.

14.

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Guwahati

9

Assamese-9

Popular Books: Sri Ramakrishna in Pictures (Assamese) -10,000 copies.

15.

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Ashrama, Raipur

7*

Hindi-7

 

16.

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Morabadi, Ranchi

29

Bengali-2, Hindi-23, Nagpuri-3, English- 1

Popular Books: Agnimantra (Hindi) -2,00,000 copies.

17.

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Cherrapunji

21*

Khasi-20

 

18.

Ramakrishna Math Bhuvaneswar (Orissa)

96

Oriya-96

 

19.

Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur (Dt. Howrah)

8

 

Bengali- 11

Many audio cassettes and CDs have also been produced.

20.

Ramakrishna Mission Calcutta Students' Home, Belgharia, Kolkata

13

Bengali- 10, English-3,

Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Part-1 was being published in Sanskrit, which was recently discontinued.

22.

Vedanta Society of New York, USA
www.vedanta-newyork.org

 

45

English-45

Early Books: Vedanta Philosophy by Swami Vivekananda.

The Real and Apparent Man by Swami Vivekananda, and Spiritual Unfoldment by Swami Vivekananda published in 1901.

Baker & Taylor Co. started publishing many books of Swami Vivekananda before Vedanta Society started doing so.

23.

Vedanta Society of Northern California, USA

17*

English- 17

Early Books: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna in 1912.

Books edited by this centre but published from Advaita Ashrama have not been included, e.g. Swami Vivekananda in the West, New Discoveries (6 vols.) by Marie Louise Burke.

24.

Vedanta Society of St. Louis, USA

13*

English- 13

Books edited by this centre but published from Advaita Ashrama have not been included. Early Books: Ethos and Religion in 1942. Popular Books: 1. Vedanta-Voice of Freedom by Swami Chetanananda - 4,000 copies.

25.

Vedanta Society of Southern California, USA

12

English- 12

Over 10 Lakh copies sold of Bhagavad Gita in all editions.

26.

Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, UK

7*

English-7

Women Saints of East & West published in 1955.

27.

Ramakrishna Ashrama, Argentina

26

Spanish-26

Early Books: Conferencias de 1934 by Swami Vijayananda in 1935. Popular Books: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Spanish) - 2,000 sets (3 vols.).

28.

Nippon Vedanta Kyokai, Japan

26

Japanese- 19

Early Books: Selected Verses of Swami Vivekananda (Japanese) in 1962. Popular Books: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Japanese) 3,000 copies.

29.

Centre Vedantique Ramakrichna, Gretz France

15

French- 15

 

30.

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Dhaka, Bangladesh

20*

English- 16, Bengali-4

First title published: The Philosophy of Vivekananda and Future of Man by Late Brg. G. C. Dev in 1963

31.

Ramakrishna Mission Kila Maidan, Indore

9*

English- 1, Hindi-8

All small booklets on Education.

 

Periodicals published by the centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission as in the year 2005

(figures followed by * mark indicate 1999 status)

 

SI.

No.

Name of the Periodical

Language

Periodicity

Year of Starting

Circulation

(No. of copies)

Publication Centre

Remarks

1.

Prabuddha Bharata

English

Monthly

1896

6255

Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Uttaranchal

Started by Alasinga Perumal and Dr. Nanjunda Rao under the inspiration of Sw. Vivekananda. The first editor was B. Rajam Iyer. From August 1898 to March 1899 it was published from Almora, and from April 1899 onwards it is regularly being published from Mayavati.

2.

The Vedanta Kesari

English

Monthly

1914

8600

Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

 

3.

Bulletin of Rama­krishna Mission Institute of Culture

English

Monthly

1950

4000

Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata

 

4.

Vedanta

English

Bimonthly

1951