 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 Ramakrishna Kathamrita" in 1942.The spiritual head of the organization, Swami is a monk of Ramakrishna Order, which encompasses the twin organizations Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.