Swami Vivekananda
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
A more painful misunderstanding has arisen with regard to the exact relationship between Râmak ri sh n a and Keshub Chunder Sen. A disciple may mean many things, but Keshub Chunder Sen was never chary in giving credit where credit was due, and he was the last man to withhold the name of master an
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
Another charge which Mozoomdar seems to consider as proved against Râmak ri sh n a is what he calls his almost barbarous treatment of his wife. What he means is evidently that he forgot or neglected her till she was seventeen years of age. But this can hardly be called barbarous in India, where
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
His speech at times was abominably filthy. For all that, he was, as you say, a real Mahâtman, and I would not withdraw a single word I wrote in his praise. Râmak ri sh n a was not in the least a Vedântist, except that every Hindu unconsciously imbibes from the atmosphere around some amount of Ve
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
Fortunately in our case we have the testimony not only of Vivekânanda, who, as a devoted disciple of Râmak ri sh n a, might be suspected of partiality, but we have several independent witnesses, some favourable, others unfavourable. Mozoomdar must be counted as a favourable witness. He stands alo
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
This is all that Vivekânanda sent me when I had asked him to write down whatever he could gather from his own memory and from communication with Râmak ri sh n a's other disciples. I had warned him repeatedly not to send me
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
Râmak ri sh n a, we are told, was born in the village of Kamârpukar, in the Zillah Hugli, situated about four miles to the west of the Jahânâbad subdivision, and thirty-two miles south of Burdwan. His life on earth began on the 20th of February, 1833, and ended the 16th of August, 1886, 1 a.m. 1
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
Such as it is, it will give us an insight into the way in which a new religion, or rather a new sect, springs up and grows. It will place before our eyes the transformation which mere repetition, conversation, or what is called oral tradition will and must produce in the description of the facts
Ramakrishna- his life and sayings
The few cases mentioned here may suffice to show that Râmak ri sh n a was by no means a solitary instance, and that, however much the old social system of the Four Stages as described by Manu may have changed, there are still Sa m nyâsins in India who live the life of the ancient Sa m nyâsins, t
Ramakrishna - his life and sayings
One more case and I have done with my imperfect sketch of the stage on which Râmak ri sh n a appears before us to act his part, together with his fellow-actors who supported and often guided him in his unselfish and devoted endeavours. We read in the Prabuddha Bhârata, May, 1898, p. 132 seq., of
Ramakrishna His life and sayings
The same applies to Debendranâth Tagore, the friend and constant patron of Keshub Chunder Sen. Though he was the head of a wealthy and influential family, he spent most of his life in retirement from the world, in study, meditation, and contemplation. He has reached now what is considered a very
Ramakrishna His life and sayings
The second Saint was Pawâri Bâba of Ghazipur. Little Is known of him, but his recent death has created a painful
Ramakrishna His life and sayings
Of the life of the first, of Dayânanda Sarasvatî, we have very full accounts. He initiated a great reform of Brahmanism, and seems to have been a liberal-minded man, so far as social reforms were concerned. He also was willing to surrender his belief in the divine revelation of the Brâhma n as,