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Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem on Ramakrishna, To the Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Deva: [212] Diverse courses of worship from varied springs of fulfillment have mingled in your meditation. The manifold revelation of the joy of the Infinite has given form to a shrine of unity in your life. where from far and near arrive salutations to which I join ...
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 and His Disciples by Christopher Isherwood, Advaita Ashram, 9th impression, 2001. Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) in Bengali edited by Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Anjali Bose; God lived with them by Swami Chetanananda ISBN 0-916356-80-9; The Gospel of Ramakrishna by Mahendranath Gupta (M), ISBN 81-7120-185-7
After the death of Ramakrishna in August 1886, Narendra and a few other monastic disciples of Ramakrishna converted a dilapidated house at Baranagar into a new math (monastery). [ 63 ] [ 64 ] Between 1888 and 1893, Narendranath travelled all over India as a Parivrajaka Sadhu , (a wandering monk), and visited many states and holy sites.
Keshabchandra Sen's Paramahamsa Deber Ukti (1878) is the earliest known work on Ramakrishna. [14] Keshab also publicized Ramakrishna's teachings in the journals of his religious movement New Dispensation over a period of several years, [15] which was instrumental in bringing Ramakrishna to the attention of a wider audience, especially the Bhadralok (English-educated classes of Bengal) and the ...
Paramahamsa (Sanskrit: परमहंस), also spelled paramahansa or paramhansa, is a Sanskrit religio-theological title of honour applied to Hindu spiritual teachers who have become enlightened. The title literally means "supreme swan".
At the end of 1873 Ramakrishna started the practice of Christianity, when his devotee Shambu Charan Mallik read the Bible to him. According to Swami Saradananda's biography Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master, Ramakrishna was filled with Christian thoughts for three days and no longer thought of going to the Kali temple.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Swami Vivekananda at the Parliament of Religions. 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.