Kolkata, Feb 18: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, considered to be one of the greatest saints of India,
was remembered today on his 182nd birth anniversary.
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee remembered Sri Sri
Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dev on the occasion.
Born on February 18, 1836 as Gadadhar Chatterjee, in the village of Kamarpukur, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, into a very poor and orthodox Brahmin family, his teachings influenced millions worldwide and Swami Vivekananda, his chief disciple, formed the Ramakrishna Mission, a philanthropic, volunteer organisation in 1897.
Ramakrishna is perhaps the best known saint of nineteenth century India.
Ramakrishna was given to spiritual ecstasies from a young age, and was influenced by several religious traditions, including devotion toward the goddess Kali, Tantra, Vaishnava bhakti and Advaita Vedanta.
His devotees look upon him as an incarnation or Avatara of the formless Supreme Brahman as described in the Vedanta while some devotees see him as an avatara of Vishnu.
His legacy was carried forward by his most prominent disciple Swami Vivekananda through Ramakrishna Mission.
Ramakrishna’s religious and spiritual philosophy was centred around Shakto, Advaita Vedanta, universal tolerance.
As a young man, he was artistic and a popular storyteller and actor. His parents were religious, and prone to visions and spiritual dreams. Ramakrishna's father had a vision of the god Gadadhara (Vishnu) while on a religious pilgrimage. In the vision, the god told him that he would be born into the family as a son.
Although Ramakrishna attended a village school with some regularity for 12 years, he later rejected the traditional schooling saying that he was not interested in a "bread-winning education".
Kamarpukur, being a transit-point in well-established pilgrimage routes to Puri, brought him into contact with renunciates and holy men. He became well-versed in the Puranas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Bhagavata Purana, hearing them from wandering monks and the Kathaks—a class of men in ancient India who preached and sang the Puranas.
He could read and write in Bengali. While the official biographies write that the name Ramakrishna was given by Mathura Biswas—chief patron at Dakshineswar Kali Temple, it has also been suggested that this name was given by his own parents. UNI
Born on February 18, 1836 as Gadadhar Chatterjee, in the village of Kamarpukur, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, into a very poor and orthodox Brahmin family, his teachings influenced millions worldwide and Swami Vivekananda, his chief disciple, formed the Ramakrishna Mission, a philanthropic, volunteer organisation in 1897.
Ramakrishna is perhaps the best known saint of nineteenth century India.
Ramakrishna was given to spiritual ecstasies from a young age, and was influenced by several religious traditions, including devotion toward the goddess Kali, Tantra, Vaishnava bhakti and Advaita Vedanta.
His devotees look upon him as an incarnation or Avatara of the formless Supreme Brahman as described in the Vedanta while some devotees see him as an avatara of Vishnu.
His legacy was carried forward by his most prominent disciple Swami Vivekananda through Ramakrishna Mission.
Ramakrishna’s religious and spiritual philosophy was centred around Shakto, Advaita Vedanta, universal tolerance.
As a young man, he was artistic and a popular storyteller and actor. His parents were religious, and prone to visions and spiritual dreams. Ramakrishna's father had a vision of the god Gadadhara (Vishnu) while on a religious pilgrimage. In the vision, the god told him that he would be born into the family as a son.
Although Ramakrishna attended a village school with some regularity for 12 years, he later rejected the traditional schooling saying that he was not interested in a "bread-winning education".
Kamarpukur, being a transit-point in well-established pilgrimage routes to Puri, brought him into contact with renunciates and holy men. He became well-versed in the Puranas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Bhagavata Purana, hearing them from wandering monks and the Kathaks—a class of men in ancient India who preached and sang the Puranas.
He could read and write in Bengali. While the official biographies write that the name Ramakrishna was given by Mathura Biswas—chief patron at Dakshineswar Kali Temple, it has also been suggested that this name was given by his own parents. UNI
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