Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center

The Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center of New York is a branch of the Ramakrishna Order of India, founded in 1933 by Swami Nikhilananda. After Nikhilananda's death in 1973, the center was headed by Swami Adiswarananda until the latter's death in 2007. Currently Swami Yuktatmananda heads the center.

Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center
Temple in the Upper East Side, New York City (2019)
Formation1933
Location
  • 17 East 94th Street, New York, NY 10128.
Minister & Spiritual Leader
Swami Yuktatmananda
Main organ
Ramakrishna Order
Parent organization
Ramakrishna Mission
Websiteramakrishna.org

The center has a temple in New York City and the summer cottage at Thousand Island Park, New York; it publishes a number of seminal books on Vedanta, written or translated by Swami Nikhilananda, many of which were first published by mainstream publishers, including The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the first complete and best-known translation of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita in 1942.[1]

The spiritual head of the organization, Swami is a monk of Ramakrishna Order, which encompasses the twin organizations Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.

List of publications

Notes
  1. Adiswarananda, Swami (1974). "Swami Nikhilananda 1895-1973". Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association. American Philosophical Association. 47: 225–226. JSTOR 3129924.
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