Ramakrishna

Childhood Born in a rural Bengal village in India, Sri Ramakrishna was the fourth of five children. His parents were simple but traditional Brahmins (Hindu religion) deeply committed to the maintenance of traditional religious piety, or religious devotion. Legend has it that when Ramakrishna's father, Khudiram, made a pilgrimage (religious journey) to the holy place of Gaya, he had a vision of the Hindu god Vishnu, who told Khudiram he would be reincarnated (take the form) of his next son. Likewise, Ramakrishna's mother, Chandra Devi, had visions that her next born would be a divine (god-like) child. Shortly afterwards, Chandra Devi gave birth to Sri Ramakrishna. As a child, Ramakrishna did not like routine schoolwork and never learned to read or write. Instead, he began to demonstrate spiritual qualities well beyond his years, which included experiencing intensely joyful experiences, long periods of thought, and spiritual absorption in the sacred (holy) and traditional Indian plays, especially with the roles of the gods Shiva and Krishna. During his formal initiation ceremony into the Brahmin caste (an Indian social class), he shocked his high-caste relatives by openly accepting a ritual meal cooked by a woman of low caste. Though Ramakrishna resisted traditional priestly studies, at the age of sixteen he went to Calcutta, India, to assist his brother, who was serving as a priest for a number of local families. He was disturbed by the gross business practices and inhumani...

Philosophy 101 In 1852 poverty forced Ramkumar and Ramakrishna to leave their village to seek employment in Calcutta (now Kolkata). There they became priests in a temple dedicated to the goddess Soon after his first vision, Ramakrishna commenced on a series of brahman, the supreme power, or ultimate reality, of the universe. Later in life he became famous for his brahman. Indeed, seeing God in everything and everyone, he believed that all paths led to the same goal. “There are in a tank or pool,” he said, various ghats (steps to the water). The Hindus draw out the liquid and call it jal. The Muslims draw out the liquid and call it pani. The Christians draw out the liquid and call it water, but it is all the same substance, no essential difference. The message that all religions lead to the same end was certainly a politically and religiously powerful one, particularly because it answered in classical Indian terms the challenges of British missionaries and colonial authorities who had for almost a century criticized After Ramakrishna’s death, his message was Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita (1902–32; The Nectar-Speech of the Twice-Blessed Ramakrishna), best known to English readers as The Gospel of Ramakrishna, a remarkable text based on conversations with Ramakrishna from 1882 to 1886. Moreover, his Belur Math, a monastery near Kolkata. The Ramakrishna Order also played an important role in the spread of Hindu ideas and practices in the West, particularly in the This article...

Niranjanam Nityam anantarupam, Bhaktânukampâ dhritavigraham vai; Ishâvatâram Paramesham Idyam, Tam Râmakrishnam Shirashâ Namâmah. Salutations to Bhagavân Srî Râmakrishna, the perfect Embodiment of the Eternal Truth which manifests Itself in various forms to help mankind, and the Incarnation of the Supreme Lord who is worshipped by all. PREFACE This is the authorized English edition of the "Gospel of Râmakrishna." For the first time in the history of the world's Great Saviours, the exact words of the Master were recorded verbatim by one of His devoted disciples. These words were originally spoken in the Bengali language of India. They were taken down in the form of diary notes by a house-holder disciple, "M." At the request of Srî Râmakrishna's Sannyâsin disciples, however, these notes were published at Calcutta during 1902-1903 a.d., in Bengali, in two volumes, entitled " Râmakrishna Kathâmrita." At that time "M" wrote to me letters authorizing me to edit and publish the English translation of his notes, and sent me the manuscript in English which he himself translated, together with a true copy of a personal ​letter At the request of "M" I have edited and remodelled the larger portion of his English manuscript; while the remaining portions I ​have translated directly from the Bengali edition of his notes. The marginal headings, foot-notes, and index, as well as the division of the Gospel into fourteen chapters, were added by me. I have endeavored to make every word of thi...

Physics and Natural Law From 1983 to 1995 Ramakrishnan was a biophysicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Thermus thermophilus (a bacterium that is commonly used in genetics research) and revealed the structures of −10 metre, or 0.1 nanometre). Ramakrishnan later wrote Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome (2018).

Sri Ramakrishna The Face of Silence Swami Nikhilananda and Dhan Gopal Mukerji. A historic book in the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda-Vedanta tradition. Two classic biographies - Dhan Gopal Mukerji's Face of Silence and Swami Nikhilananda's Sri Ramakrishna - are brought together in this inspiring volume examining the life and teachings of the Great Master. Included are Swami Adiswarananda's Sri Ramakrishna and His God-consciousness and photographs associated with the life of the Master. Hardcover: $29.99 Add to Cart The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Swami Nikhilananda Complete conversations of Sri Ramakrishna (1836 - 1886). With introductory biography, foreword by Aldous Huxley. 26 photographs. "His life enables us to see God face to face." — Mahatma Gandhi "One of the world's most extraordinary religious documents." — Time Magazine "Conveys the personality of a great mystic." — Thomas Mann New: Audiobook Cloth: $35.50 Add to Cart Sri Ramakrishna, The Great Master Swami Jagadananda, translator. Translation of the Bengali work of Swami Saradananda, a direct disciple of the Master. The most authentic, exhaustive, and rational account of Sri Ramakrishna's unique life and spiritual practices. Part 1 covers the Master's early life and the period of his spiritual practices. Part 2 deals with Sri Ramakrishna as the spiritual teacher, his relationship with Swami Vivekananda and the devotees, and the final stage of the Master's life. Hardcover $23.00 Add to Cart Selections from the Gospel of S...

India, with her wealth of spiritual tradition, has produced m any spiritual giants. One of the greatest was Ramak rishna (1836-1886). His life was a testament to truth, universality, love and purity. Born in a rural village outside Calcutta, Ramakrishna even as a boy naturally gravitated toward leading a spiritual life. This tendency only intensified as he grew older. When as a young man he became a temple priest, he was seized by an unquenchable thirst for union with God, and he immersed himself in intense meditation and other spiritual practices. Ramakrishna was constantly absorbed in the thought of God. He would often go into high spiritual states where he would merge with the Infinite Reality. For him, the Vedantic teaching of unity of all existence was more than theory; he literally saw, and knew, this to be true. temple priest, he was seized by an unquenchable thirst for union with God, and he immersed himself in intense meditation and other spiritual practices. In his thirst for the divine, Ramakrishna followed different religious paths including various branches of Hinduism. Not content to stop there, however, he also practiced Islam and later meditated deeply on Christ, experiencing the same divine Reality through these non-Hindu paths. Thus, he came to the conclusion, based on his direct experience, that all religions lead to the same goal. In addition, through his many Sikh devotees, he learned of their faith and its great founders, and he was told of the wonder...

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Born in Kamarpukur, a small village in India, Sri Ramakrishna (1836–86) was attracted to spiritual life from his childhood. As a young man he became a temple priest and was seized by an unquenchable longing for God. He immersed himself in intense meditation and other spiritual practices. He would often go into high spiritual states where he would merge with the Infinite Reality. For him, the Vedanta teaching of unity of all existence was more than a theory. He experienced it directly and knew it to be true. In his thirst for the Divine, Ramakrishna followed different religious paths including various branches of Hinduism. Not content to stop there, he also practiced Islam and later meditated deeply on Christ, experiencing the same divine Reality. Thus from his own direct experience he came to the conclusion that all religions are equally true and all religions lead to the same goal. Ramakrishna's love for humanity was limitless. He often said that human beings were the highest manifestations of God. Among his many other noteworthy characteristics were his universality, childlike purity, and extraordinary power to transform lives. Ramakrishna's teachings regarding the highest truths of spiritual life were delivered in the simplest language, punctuated by rustic parables and metaphors as illustrations. The English translation of his conversations is available in a book titled The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. His life and teachings are a testament to truth, love, purity, and un...