Sri Ramakrishna : The Great Prophet of Harmony

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Item Code: NAE846
Publisher: ADVAITA ASHRAM KOLKATA
Language: English
Edition: 2014
ISBN: 9788175052079
Pages: 496 (5 B/W Illustrations)
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight 550 gm
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This book consists of articles by the Master’s direct disciples as well as by his contemporaries; several articles by his Eastern and Western admires – monks of the Order, leading men of letters, national leaders, philosophers, statements and other eminent men, each well known in his respective field. All the contributors have the same aim in view studying the unique life and message of the Master and paying their humble homage to this child of the Divine Mother, Sri Ramakrishna, who is acclaimed as the Prophet of Renascent India.

Sri Ramakrishna Temple, Belur Math sprawling over several acres of land on the western bank of the Hooghly (Ganga), is a place of pilgrimage for people from all over the world professing different religious faiths. Even people not interested in religion come here for the peace it exudes.

 

About The Book

Religion Always in India precedes national awakening. Shankaracharya was the beginning of a wave that swept round the whole country, culminating in Chaitanya in Bengal, the Sikh Gurus in Punjab, Sivaji in Maharashtra and Ramanuja and Madhvacharya in South. Though each of these, a people sprang into self realization, into national energy and consciousness of their own unity. Sri Ramakrishna represents a synthesis in one person of all the leaders. It follows that the movements of his age will unify and organize the more provincial and fragmentary movements of the past.

The sources of the new materials of this volume have been mentioned in the contents. We acknowledge our deep indebtedness to the publishers of the books and journals of these source materials.

May the book in its new form be of some service to the readers in their understanding the great spirituals phenomenon that is Sri Ramakrishna!

 

Foreword

I am glad to know that Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, has decided to bring out in book form some of the important articles on Sri Ramakrishna and the Ramakrishna Order that appeared in Prabuddha Bharata with which I was associated for some years. A publication of this kind, which commemorates a great event, provides an opportunity to see past events in a larger perspective and also to retrieve some of the choice thoughts of the past from the limbo of time.

The birth of Sri Ramakrishna in 1836 and the founding of the Ramakrishna Order in 1886 are two important events the historical significance of which can never be exaggerated. Sri Ramakrishna imparted a tremendous dynamism and urgency to modern man’s religious commitments and spiritual aspirations. Although he stressed only the eternal verities, he nevertheless found a place for even the non- essentials of religion in the divine scheme of universal life. Having realized through actual practice in his own life how all religious paths led ultimately to the transcendental experience of the ultimate Reality, to Sri Ramakrishna religious toleration and harmony were not a mere creed based on moral compulsion.

Nor was his realization restricted to the transcendenta plane; it flowed freely through his whole personality, expressing itself through every action, word and gesture of his and imparting a wonderful harmony and integrality to his life. As a result, traits, attitudes, and ways of life which had for centuries been regarded as mutually contradictory—such as Jnana and Bhakti, Yoga and Karma, monastic life and householder’s life—were found beautifully blended and unified in Sri Ramakrishna. He saw all human relationships as expressions of divine love. Therefore he was able to draw people of different temperaments to him with an intensity of love which can never be experienced in ordinary life.

The monastic order that bears his name and derives its inspiration and power from him is a direct continuation of his mission on earth: Though his physical presence was withdrawn from mortal eyes about a hundred years ago, his spiritual reality continues to work for the welfare and spiritual uplift of humanity through the Ramakrishna Sangha, which Swami Vivekananda regarded as the ‘mystical cal body’ of Sri Ramakrishna. After performing the consecration of the premises of Belur Math on 9 December 1898, Swamiji declared: ‘From this Centre of universal toleration will go forth the shining message of goodwill and peace and harmony to deluge the world.’

The present volume which brings together articles written by people belonging to diverse walks of life, nation ea alities, and cultures bears testimony to the fact that Swamiji’s prophetic wish has already attained a consider co able measure of fulfillment. As such, this anthology has a historical value over and above the intrinsic worth of the individual articles. I hope it will be read with interest by all those who cherish higher values in life.

 

Contents

 

  Publisher's Note to the Second Edition 13
  Publisher's Note to the First Edition 15
  Foreword 17
  List of Illustrations 19
I Sri Ramakrishna on Himself 23
II In The Eyes Of His Apostles  
  1. Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi on Sri Ramakrishna. A Compliation 31
  2. Swami Vivekananda on Sri Ramakrishna. A Complication 40
  3. Sri Ramakrishna 50
  4. Sri Ramakrishna 57
  5. How Sri Ramakrishna Tested His Disciples 64
  6. Reminiscences of Sri Ramakrishna 83
  7. On Sri Ramakrishna 90
  8. Sacred Memories of Sri Ramakrishna 94
III In The Eyes Of His Contemporaries  
  1. Is Sri Ramakrishna an Ordinary Saint ? 101
  2. Sri Ramakrishna 104
  3. Paramahamsa Ramakrishna 106
  4. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 111
  5. A Day with Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 119
  6. On Sri Ramakrishna 122
  7. On Sri Ramakrishna 131
  8. Reminiscences of Sri Ramakrishna 134
IV In The Eyes Of His Eastern Admires  
  1. Sri Ramakrishna and His Mission 143
  2. Sri Ramakrishna and the Modern World 163
  3. The Message of Sri Ramakrishna 178
  4. Sri Ramakrishna and the Times We Live in 190
  5. The Modernity of Sri Ramakrishna's Religion 202
  6. Sri Ramakrishna and Islam 213
  7. Sri Ramakrishna the Unknown 236
  8. Ramakrishna: The Symbol of National Unity 246
  9. Sri Ramakrishna and Modern Psychology 252
  10. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 262
  11. Ramakrishna - Vivekananda 263
  12. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 267
  13. On Sri Ramakrishna 277
  14. Sri Ramakrishna and the Modern World 285
  15. Sri Ramakrishna and the Problem of Modern India 292
  16. Sri Ramakrishna and Service of Humanity 307
  17. Sri Ramakrishna and the Awakening Soul of India 310
  18. Religious Progress in India: Ramakrishna's Place therein 313
  19. Sri Ramakrishna 315
  20. The All-Pervading Humanism 317
  21. Sri Ramakrishna's Link with the Past 323
  22. Sri Ramakrishna and Religious Tolerance 329
  23. Sri Ramakrishna : A Life of Manifold Spiritual Realization 340
  24. Sri Ramakrishna 348
  25. Sri Ramakrishna and the Spirit of Modern Science 349
  26. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and His Religious Message to the Modern World 361
  27. Significance of Sri Ramakrishna's Life and Message 371
  28. The Vedanta of Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda: The Religion We Need 378
  29. Sri Ramakrishna's Contribution to the Social and Religious Life of India 385
  30. Two Cultural Movements: Ramakrishnaism and Marxism 398
V. In The Eyes Of His Western Admires  
  1. Ramakrishna's Life - The Story of a Phenomenon Christopher Isherwood Taken from the author's book, Ramakrishna and Disciples 415
  2. Ramakrishna - His Life ans Sayings 418
  3. Jiva is Shiva 425
  4. Ramakrishna and the Indian Contribution to the World Harmony 429
  5. Ramakrishna's Attitude Towards the Absolute and the Finite God 433
  6. Sri Ramakrishna and Islam 437
  7. Sri Ramakrishna and What He Stamnds For 442
  8. Ramakrishna and the Harmony of Religions 443
  9. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 450
  10. Sri Ramakrishna ans Spiritual Renaissance 466
  11. A Sociologist is Introduced to Sri Ramakrishna 471
  12. A Modern Hindu Saints 478
  13. Sri Ramakrishna's Message to the West 482
  14. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 491

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