Abstract Vedanta, wrote Swami Vivekananda once to a disciple of his, must become living. Swami Ranganathananda, Vice President, RamaKrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, has a penchant for explaining abstruse philosophical ideas in simple terms intelligible to the ordinary man in the street, at the same time fulfil the needs of the higher minds, and for deducing from them life-giving truths relevant to the modern man in his day to day living. In 'The Indian Vision of God as Mother' the learned author lifts a purely idolatrous, anthropomorphic concept of godhead, particularly Indian, to an ideal of universal significance, and explains how the awakening of a little of Mother-love, the real significance of Mother-worship in Indian thought, can transform the entire world beyond recognition - take women to the highest pinnacle of their glory, make men more sublime, truthful and kind hearted and this world itself a better place for living , free of all tension and petty bickerings.

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The Ideals of Motherhood - Aesthetics of Form and Function

Conception and Evolution of The Mother Goddess in India

Mother Goddess as Kali - The Feminine Force in Indian Art

A Kali in Every Woman: Motherhood and the Dark Goddess Archetype

Devi the Mother Goddess and Her Three Children

Dharti Mata (Mother Earth)

The Mother Without a Nimbus

Victory To Durga, The Mother of the World