Trailanga Swami

There are four short references to Trailanga Swami in The Gospel of Ramakrishna. The longest, in Swami Nikhilananda's introduction, describes Ramakrishna's vision of Siva in Benares; "with ash-covered body and tawny matted hair, serenely approaching each funeral pyre and breathing into the ears of the corpses the mantra of liberation."

He paid a visit to Trailanga Swami, "the celebrated monk, whom he later declared to be a real paramahamsa, a veritable image of Siva." Ramakrishna also describes the Swami as having taken a vow of silence "when he is truly aware of Unity," but also quotes him regarding the mind, so apparently he was not always silent (or wrote).

In Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda, describes Trailanga Swami on pages 291-295; partially excerpted here.

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Sri Sri Trailanga Swami

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Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
Los Angeles, 1972.
Self-Realization Fellowship

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.
"M" .Translation by Swami Nikhilananda.
1973, New York:

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