Ramakrishna
Sign in to saveRamakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay (his childhood nickname was Gadadhar), was an Indian Hindu mystic. He was a devotee of the goddess Kali, but adhered to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantric Shaktism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Christianity and Sufi Islam. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". He is regarded by his followers as an avatar (di
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Ramakrishna (1836–1886) was an Indian Hindu mystic whose spiritual teachings emphasized that different world religions are essentially different paths toward the same ultimate truth. He is widely venerated by his followers as a divine incarnation and remains influential for his message of religious unity and his synthesis of practices drawn from Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam.
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- 1886
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44 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Birth and childhood
- First "superconsciousness experience"
- Education
- Priesthood and marriage
- Lead up to priesthood
- Officiation as priest
- Vision of the Goddess Kali
- Marriage
- God-realisation via various traditions
- Rama Bhakti
- Tantra
- Vaishnava Bhakti
- Tota Puri and Vedanta
- Initial meeting
- Initiation into sannyasa
- Experience of samadhi
- Maya and the Divine Mother
- Tota Puri humbled
- Perception in samadhi
- Islam and Christianity
- Islam
- Christianity
- Popularisation and final years
- Keshab Chandra Sen and the "New Dispensation"
- Swami Vivekananda
- Other devotees and disciples
- Last days
- Reception and teachings
- Transformation into neo-Vedantin
- Analysis of samadhi
- Psychoanalysis
- Romain Rolland and the "Oceanic feeling"
- ''The Analyst and the Mystic''
- ''Kali's Child''
- Teachings
- Influence and legacy
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Footnotes
- Sources cited
- General and cited bibliography
- External links
Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay (his childhood nickname was Gadadhar), was an Indian Hindu mystic. He was a devotee of the goddess Kali, but adhered to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantric Shaktism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Christianity and Sufi Islam. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". He is regarded by his followers as an avatar (divine incarnation).
Ramakrishna was born in Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, India. He described going through religious experiences in childhood. Around the age twenty, he became a temple priest at the Dakshineshwar Kali Temple in Calcutta. While at the temple, his devotional temperament and intense religious practices led him to experience various spiritual visions. He was assured of the authenticity and sanctity of his visions by several religious teachers.