Sri Ramakrishna Centenary. Report of Celebrations in India and Abroad and Preparations Ahead. Bulletin No. 3. October 1936

Even in the ritualistic plane we can find a common basis if we are trained to observe that the Cross is as sacred to the Christian as the crescent to the Mahomedan and gods 26 I and goddesses to the Hindu ; the Ganges is as sacred to the Hindu as the Zim-Zim to the Mahomedan and the Jordon to the Christian. [...] The detailed reports of these celebrations which were wanting at the time of the publication of the last bulletin but which are at present with us show how the life and teachings of the Master have appealed to the spiritually and culturally earnest people of the western world. [...] The Centenary was utilised by the Swamis in co-operation with the American friends and admirers of Indian culture as an occasion to bring the knowledge of the great Prophet of Modern India to the attention of a w.der public through an interesting programme of events and a series of articles and write-ups contributed to the leading newspapers of the country. [...] The devotees and admirers of Sri Ramakrishna immensely enjoyed the interesting stereopticon pictures of the Temple of Dakshineswar the Monastery at Belur and the Ganges showed and explained by the Swami. [...] In the light of the spiritual realization of the fundamental unity of mankind and of all faiths—the eternal theme of Indian life as embodied in the living gospel of Sri Ramakrishna—the Institute will attempt in its humble way to supply the cultural and spiritual foundations of a new personálity among the men and women of the world and equip them as proper and adequate instruments for the establis