Hindu by birth, Ramakrishna was given the religion-theological title of honor Paramahamsa', as he was identified as the enlightened one who had experienced God. He observed different religious rituals alike, and believed that A truly religious man should think that other religions also are paths leading to the truth.... He perceived God as a parent who knew how the same fish may be made to taste differently for the children according to their tastes and temperaments, His earthy aphorisms, comprising parables and metaphors and narrated in rustic Bengali, translated into Hindu philosophical concepts and reached out cagily to the masses.
The present book is one of the early documentations by a Western scholar of Ramakrishna's life and sayings as were collected by his followers after his death.
Intrigued by the concept of religion, Muller initiated an important discipline that he called the 'science of religion'. He believed that a genuine study of religion required the knowledge of its origins, and recognized that religion had developed differently in different linguistic spheres. So, instead of using the prevailing ethnographic approach, he pursued the science of religion by studying words and texts.
Muller was fascinated by the spiritual teachings of the Indian mystic, Ramakrishna, because he was of the opinion that the real presence of the Divine... in the human soul was nowhere felt so strongly and so universally as in India', and that 'the fervent love of God... has nowhere found a stronger and more cloquent expression than in the utterances of Ramakrishna'.
Whatever may be said about the aberrations of the Indian ascetics to whom Ramakrishna belonged, there are certainly some of them who deserve our interest, nay, even our warmest sympathy.
**Contents and Sample Pages**
For privacy concerns, please view our Privacy Policy
Vedas (1268)
Upanishads (480)
Puranas (795)
Ramayana (893)
Mahabharata (329)
Dharmasastras (162)
Goddess (472)
Bhakti (242)
Saints (1282)
Gods (1284)
Shiva (330)
Journal (132)
Fiction (44)
Vedanta (321)
Send as free online greeting card
Email a Friend
Manage Wishlist