Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote this morning to the Rama Krishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission to express his sadness about the passing away of his spiritual elder brother, Swami Smarananda Maharaj.
“I pray for him,” he wrote, “and offer my condolences to the members of the Rama Krishna Mission and his many followers.
“It is wonderful that the late Spiritual Master led a meaningful life in dedicated service to the benefit of others.
“I join the many followers and friends of the late Swami Ji in paying homage to our elder spiritual brother.”
