THE MAKING OF A DEVOTEE

Swami Vidyatmananda (John Yale)

Ramakrishna Order of India

"As the different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea, so O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."

--Hymn on the Greatness of Shiva

Centre Vedantique Ramakrichna, 7722O Gretz, France

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Chapter One: The Devotee as Historical Incident
• Two: The Devotee as Inquirer after Truth
• Three: The Devotee as Psycho-Physical Being
• Four: The Devotee as Disciple
• Five: The Devotee as Literary Enthusiast
• Six: The Devotee as Friend of Vivekananda
• Seven: The Devotee as Admirer of Sri Ramakrishna
• Eight: The Devotee as Sadhu
• Nine: The Devotee as Passenger to India and More
• Ten: The Devotee as "Manager Maharaj"
• Eleven: The Devotee as Aide to a Holy Man
• Twelve: The Devotee as Witness to Evidences of the Faith
• Epilogue

Notes:

• The literary agent will be making a few corrections on spelling and punctuation. Otherwise this is the original and unexpurgated version of The Making of a Devotee.
• The writing of this book was completed in January 1993.
• The beloved author passed away on March 22,2000 at the age of 86.
• This book is being published for the first time here, in the form of this web site. The date of this web site publication is August 27,2003.