Mother of Mayavati - Hardcover

About the Author: Amrita M. Salm, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), has been a student of Vedanta for nearly forty years and has made pilgrimages and research trips to India. She has written numerous articles and co-edited the English translation of the epic poem Sri Sri Ramakrishna Punthi, published as The Portrait of Sri Ramakrishna.

What a story! Pieced together from journals and letters, it fleshes out in significant ways the history of the early years of the Ramakrishna movement. Mother of Mayavati is an important contribution to that history, but is memorable, too, as a loving portrait of an extraordinary woman. Carol Lee Flinders, Ph.D. --Letter from Carol FLinders

This long-anticipated, richly contextualized book is a welcome addition to the literature about the early years of the Ramakrishna movement, both in India and the West.... Glimmering with historical information little known to the general public, it brings both the remarkable life of Charlotte Sevier and the Mayavati Ashrama to vibrant life. Mother of Mayavati will be of great interest both to devotees and scholars of the Ramakrishna movement. --Letter from Pravrajika Vrajaprana, author of Vedanta: A Simple Introduction and co-author of Interpreting Ramakrishna.