Bhaktimal: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Real Name - Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya
Guru - Totapuri, Bhairavi Brahmani
Aaradhya - Bhagwan Shiva, Maa Kali
Born - 18 February 1836 (Phalguna Shukla Dwitiya -
Ramakrishna Jayanti)
Death - 16 August 1886
Place of Birth - Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency
Marital Status - Married
Wife - Maa
Sarada Devi
Chief Disciple -
Swami Vivekananda
Language - Bengali
Father- Khudiram Chattopadhyaya
Mother - Chandramani Devi
Founder - Ramakrishna Order
Philosophy - Advaita Vedanta, Raja yoga, Tantra
Ramakrishna Paramhansa was simple, brilliant, devoted to the service of living beings and a worshiper of Devi Kali. He revived Hinduism and his teachings attracted the atheist
Swami Vivekananda who became a devoted disciple.
Ramakrishna Paramhansa was an ultimate mystic and a true yogi. He was a worshiper of Devi Kali and was also considered to be a modern incarnation of Bhawgan Vishnu but he never claimed this. He became a key figure in the revival of Hinduism in Bengal as Bengal was witnessing an acute spiritual crisis and a serious decline of humanism. Ramakrishna was the priest of the famous
Dakshineswar Kali temple.
Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda:
Ramakrishna ji achieved many siddhis. He controlled his senses and inspired many people as a great thinker and preacher. He emphasized on the worship of the formless God.
Due to the light of his knowledge, he made a simple child named Narendra, who was a believer in logic far away from spirituality, made him aware of spirituality. Matched the power of God and made him
Swami Vivekananda from Narendra. Gave the nation a son who brought respect to the nation beyond limits. Who awakened the youth and founded the
Ramakrishna Mission and launched a campaign of country awareness and gave Guru-Bhakti to his Guru.
Ramakrishna Paramhansa Marriage, Devotion to Wife and Mata Kali:
Ram Krishna Paramhans ji was an ardent devotee of Devi Kali. He had dedicated himself to Devi Kali. Even though Ramkrishna Paramhans ji was married to Shardamani, he had only one mother's devotion towards the woman. He did not have any enthusiasm for worldly life, that is why at the age of seventeen, he left the house and surrendered himself at the feet of Mata Kali. He used to be absorbed in sadhana day and night, people used to come to see him from far and wide and he himself lived day and night in the devotion of Mother Kali.
Important speech of Ramakrishna Paramhansa
❀ To show kindness to man is to show kindness to God because God resides in every human being.
❀ All living beings are divine. God is present in all men, women etc.
❀ Human beings are equal and there is unity of existence.
❀ The main obstacle in attaining salvation is lust and greed.
❀ There is only one God. All religions have different ways of attaining salvation but their goal is the same, that is God.
❀ The main aim of every human being is to become one with God.