Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

childhood or his states of sadhana from hiscontemporaries, such as Hriday Mukherji, RoyChatterji and other devotees; or what one hearsabout the life of Thakur from the residents ofKamarpukur, Jayrambati, Shyambazar, and fromthe circle of Thakur's devotees, belongs to thethird class of evidence.At the time of writing Sri Sri RamakrishnaKathamrita, M. relied only upon the first class ofevidence, his daily diary. Were he to havepublished Thakur's life in serial form, he wouldhave relied mainly on such first class evidenceas well. In other words, the contents of Thakur’slife would have been written relying only on hisown words.Calcutta, 1317 B.Y., 1910 A.D.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[1] The reference to twenty-four years having passed(1886-1910) and the 1910 date of publication was in asubsequent edition of Volume III, which was originallypublished in 1908