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Sarada Devi is regarded as Ramakrishna's first disciple. [25] Except for her hours of meditation, most of her time was spent in cooking for Ramakrishna and the growing number of his devotees. While Sarada Devi remained completely in the background, her unassuming, warm personality attracted some female devotees to become her lifelong companions ...
Ramakrishna regarded Sarada Devi as the Divine Mother in person, addressing her as the Holy Mother, and it was by this name that she became known to Ramakrishna's disciples. Sarada Devi outlived Ramakrishna by thirty-four years and played an important role in the development of the nascent religious movement. [63] [64]
Emblem of Ramakrishna Mission. Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha (Sanskrit: आत्मनो मोक्षार्थं जगद्धिताय च, ātmano mokṣārthaṃ jagaddhitāya ca, translation: for the salvation of our individual self and for the well-being of all on earth) is a sloka of the Rig Veda. [1]
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836–1886) is a famous nineteenth-century Bengali mystic. Ramakrishna was a teacher of popular appeal, speaking in rustic Bengali with stories and parables. [1] Ramakrishna's main teachings included God realization as the supreme goal of life, renunciation of Kama-Kanchana, Harmony of Religions and Jiva is Shiva.
Ramakrishna Paramhansa Deva had sixteen direct disciples (other than Swami Vivekananda) who became monks of the Ramakrishna Order; they are often considered his apostles. In the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda movement, the apostles have played an important role. Apart from Swami Vivekananda, the direct disciples or apostles of Ramakrishna were as follows.
After the passing away of Ramakrishna, Yogin accompanied the widow Sarada Devi, the holy mother and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna, to Vrindaban. There he was initiated by her in Kalababu's Kunja, an ashrama established by Balaram Bose , a householder devotee of Ramakrishna, and thus he became the first disciple of Sarada Devi.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836–1886), regarded as a 19th-century mystic, was the inspirer of the Ramakrishna Order of monks [6] and is regarded as the spiritual founder of the Ramakrishna Movement. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Ramakrishna was a priest at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple and attracted several monastic and household disciples .
After the death of Sarada Devi in 1920 and Swami Brahmananda in 1922, Saradananda gradually withdrew from active work. [4]: 92 His primary engagement at this time was the construction of a temple for Sarada Devi in Jayrambati, and another one in Belur Math, on the place where she was cremated. The temple in Belur Math was constructed in 1921 ...