| Name(s) |
RAMAKRISHNA
PARAMAHANSA (Full Birth Name: Gadadhar
Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee)) |
| Date of
Birth |
February 18, 1836
– Bengal, India. |
| Date of
Death |
August 16, 1886
– Kolkata, Bengal, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian mystic, philosopher and
spiritual leader. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- A great Guru of Swami
Vivekananda.
- His religious school of thought
led to the formation of the
Ramakrishna Mission by his chief
disciple Swami Vivekananda.
- Both of them were influential
figures in the Bengali as well as
the Hindu renaissance during the
19th and 20th centuries.
- Many of his disciples and devotees
believe he was an Avatar or
incarnation of God.
- He is
also referred to as "Paramahansa" by
his devotees, as such he is
popularly known as Ramakrishna
Paramhansa.
- He was born in a poor Brahmin
Vaishnava family in rural Bengal.
- He became a priest of the
Dakshineswar Kali Temple, dedicated
to the goddess Kali, which had the
influence of the main strands of
Bengali bhakti tradition.
- Bhairavi Brahmani, an ascetic
woman, was the most widely known
amongst his first spiritual
teachers; she was skilled in Tantra
and Vaishnava bhakti. Later an
Advaita Vedantic ascetic taught him
non-dual meditation, and according
to Ramakrishna, he experienced
nirvikalpa samadhi under his
guidance. Nirvikalpa samādhi, is a
mergence of the mental activity in
the Self, and it is different from
the other samadhis that there is no
return from this samadhi into lower
states of consciousness.
- Ramakrishna also experimented
with other religions, notably Islam
and Christianity, and said that they
all lead to the same God.
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Commemorations |
Ramakrishna's birthday is observed on
Phalgun Shukla Dwitiya as per Hindu
lunar calendar. |
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