Sri Ramakrishna instilled in these young men the spirit of renunciation
and brotherly love for one another. One day he distributed ochre robes
among them and sent them out to beg food. In this way he himself laid
the foundation for a new monastic order. He gave specific instructions
to Narendra about the formation of the new monastic Order. In the small
hours of 16 August 1886 Sri Ramakrishna gave up his mortal body.
After the Master’s passing, fifteen of his young disciples (one more
joined them later) began to live together in a dilapidated building at
Baranagar
in North Kolkata. Under the leadership of Narendra, they formed a new
monastic brotherhood, and in 1887 they took the formal vows of sannyasa,
thereby assuming new names. Narendra now became Swami Vivekananda
(although this name was actually assumed much later.)
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