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|leader_title = Minister & Spiritual Leader
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The '''Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center of New York''' is a branch of the [[Ramakrishna Order]] of India, founded in 1933 by [[Swami Nikhilananda]]. After Nikhilananda's death in 1973, the center was headed by [[Swami Adiswarananda]] until the latter's death in 2007. Currently Swami Yuktatmananda heads the center.

The center has a temple in [[New York City]] and the summer cottage at [[Thousand Island Park]], New York; it publishes a number of seminal books on Vedanta, written or translated by Swami Nikhilananda, many of which were first published by mainstream publishers, including ''[[The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna]]'', the first complete and best-known translation of ''[[Sri-Sri-Ramakrisna-kathamrta|Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita]]'' in 1942.<ref name="adiswara">{{cite journal|last=Adiswarananda|first=Swami|year=1974|title=Swami Nikhilananda 1895-1973|journal=Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association|publisher=American Philosophical Association|volume=47|pages=225–226|jstor=3129924}}</ref>

The spiritual head of the organization, Swami is a monk of Ramakrishna Order, which encompasses the twin organizations [[Ramakrishna Math]] and [[Ramakrishna Mission]].

==List of publications==
*''[[The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna]]'', the first complete and best-known translation of ''[[Sri-Sri-Ramakrisna-kathamrta|Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita]]''
*''Holy Mother'', a biography of [[Sarada Devi|Sri Sarada Devi]]
*''The Upanishads'' in four volumes, translations of eleven major [[Upanishads]]
*''The Bhagavad Gita''
*''Self Knowledge: Atmabodha'', a translation of ''Atmabodha'' of [[Adi Shankara|Sri Shankaracharya]]
*''Hinduism: Its Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit''
*''Man in Search of Immortality: Testimonials from the Hindu Scriptures''
*''Vivekananda: A Biography''
*''Vivekananda: The Yogas & Other Works''

== Notes ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ramakrishna.org Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, main website]
* [http://www.ramakrishna.us/rvcenter/Home.html Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, resource website]

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