Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Glossary; Map of Kerala; Introduction; 1 The Hindu Revival; Background to Nineteenth Century Calcutta; The Missionaries; Rammohun Roy and the Brahmo Samaj; The Bengali Renaissance; Keshab Chandra Sen; Ramakrishna; The Brāhmani; Sādhana; Ramakrishna as Guru; 2 The Ramakrishna Movement: From Religious Renaissance to Nationalist Aspiration; The Foundation of the Ramakrishna Order; The Triumph of Vivekananda; Vivekananda in America; Homecoming; The Ramakrishna Mission.
Ramakrishna, Incarnation of the AgeNew Realities; Consolidation; 3 The Ramakrishna Movement in Kerala; Sri Ramakrishna Asrama, Trichur; Trichur in the Early Decades of the Nineteenth Century; The First Trichur Recruits to the Ramakrishna Order; Mathru Mandir; 4 The Foundation of a Monastic Order for Women; Vivekananda's Plans for a Womens Math; Nivedita; A Math for Women; Sarala; Sarada Mandiram Gains Independent Status; How Holy Mother Came to Stay at Sarada Mandiram; Interim Developments in Kerala; 5 The Ramakrishna Order of Samnyasinis; Sri Sarada Math Branches; Ramakrishna Sarada Mission.
The Administrative Organisation of the OrderLocal Autonomy and Central Control; A Profile of the Village, 1981; Village Communities; Sarada Mandiram; 6 The Monastic Inmates; The Candidates; 7 Adjusting; Arrival; Pre Probation; 8 Being and Becoming; Brahmacārya; Samnyāsa; 9 Hierarchy and Rank; Ranking within Sarada Mandiram; Maintaining Rank within Sarada Mandiram; Expressions of Hierarchy; 10 The Concept of Purity; Personal Purity; Hierarchical Purity; Serving Seniors; Conclusion; 11 Sarada Mandiram and the Local Villagers; Labourers' Grievances; Serving the Poor as God; Conclusion; Notes.