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Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahansa (Bengali: রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, romanized: Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; pronounced [ramɔkriʂno pɔromoɦɔŋʃo] ⓘ; IAST: Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhay, was an Indian Hindu mystic.
Ramakrishna (born February 18, 1836, Hooghly [now Hugli], Bengal state, India—died August 16, 1886, Calcutta [now Kolkata]) was a Hindu religious leader, founder of the school of religious thought that became the Ramakrishna Order.
Sri Ramakrishna, who was born in 1836 and passed away in 1886, represents the very core of the spiritual realizations of the seers and sages of India. His whole life was literally an uninterrupted contemplation of God.
One of the most prominent religious figures of India during the nineteenth century, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa was a mystic and a yogi who translated complex spiritual concepts into lucid and easily intelligible manner. Born in a simple Bengali rural family in 1836, Ramakrishna was as simple yogi.
Short biographies of Sri Ramakrishna (by Swami Tejasananda, published 1940), Sri Maa (by Swami Pavitrananda, published 1942) and Swami Vivekananda (by Swami Tejasananda, published 1940). Important dates in the mortal life of The Holy Trio.
Ramakrishna's main teachings included God realization as the supreme goal of life, renunciation of Kama-Kanchana, Harmony of Religions and Jiva is Shiva. Key concepts in Ramakrishna's teachings included the oneness of existence and the unity and truth of all religions.
Swami Vivekananda's inspiring personality was well known both in India and in America during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, at which he represented Hinduism.
“Ramakrishna was a rare combination of individuality and universality, personality and impersonality. His word and example have been echoed in the hearts of Western men and women. His soul animates modern India.”
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.
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.
