* Ramakrishna Paramahamsa describes of several visions including Kali, Sita, Krishna, Jesus, Mohammed.

Ramakrishna describes his first spiritual ecstasy at the age of six: while walking along the paddy fields, a flock of white cranes flying against a backdrop of dark thunder clouds caught his vision.

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna describes several visions of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ( 1836 – 1886 ), describes including Kali, Sita, Krishna, Jesus, Mohammed, as does Mother Reveals Herself, an account of the early life of saint Anandamayi Ma ( 1896-1982 ).

Ramakrishna reportedly had a vision of the goddess Kali as the universal Mother, which he described as "... houses, doors, temples and everything else vanished altogether ; as if there was nothing anywhere!

At some point in the period between his vision of Kali and his marriage, Ramakrishna practiced dāsya bhāva, during which he worshiped Rama with the attitude of Hanuman, the monkey-god, who is considered to be the ideal devotee and servant of Rama.

According to Ramakrishna, towards the end of this sadhana, he had a vision of Sita, the consort of Rama, merging into his body.

According to Ramakrishna, towards the end of this sadhana, he attained savikalpa samadhi — vision and union with Krishna.

According to Ramakrishna, he had an intense vision of two young boys merging into his body.

" According to Ramakrishna, after three days of practice he had a vision of a " radiant personage with grave countenance and white beard resembling the Prophet and merging with his body ".

It is reported that after Ramakrishna's death in August 1886, when Sarada Devi tried to remove her bracelets as the customs dictated for a widow, she had a vision of Ramakrishna in which he said, " I have not passed away, I have gone from one room to another.

" According to her, whenever she thought of dressing like a widow, she had a vision of Ramakrishna asking her not to do so.

During this time Sri Ramakrishna died and Hariprasanna had a vision of Sri Ramakrishna on the night he died.

While studying in Patna, Hariprasanna had a vision of Sri Ramakrishna, which took place on the day of the latter's passing away in Cossipore in Calcutta in 1886.

Roy, Ramakrishna and Vivekananda were all influenced by the Hindu school of Advaita Vedanta, which, arguably, emphasises unity over diversity.

Ratnam grew up in Chennai, doing his schooling there completed his graduation with a degree in commerce at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College which is affiliated with Madras University, Chennai and then obtained an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, after which he worked as a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker.

This is observed in various centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission in a traditional Hindu manner which includes mangalarati, special worship, homa ( fire-ritual ), meditation, devotional songs, religious discourses, sandhyarati ( versper service in the evenings ), and so on.

This is the only centre in the UK which is affiliated to the Ramakrishna Missio.

Under her guidance, Ramakrishna went through sixty four major tantric sadhanas which were completed in 1863.

The Bhairavi also taught Ramakrishna the kumari-puja, a form of ritual in which the Virgin Goddess is worshiped symbolically in the form of a young girl.

According to Sri Ramakrishna, madhura bhava is practised to root out the idea of sex, which is seen as an impediment in spiritual life.

In 1865, Ramakrishna was initiated into sannyasa by Tota Puri, an itinerant monk who trained Ramakrishna in Advaita Vedanta, the Hindu philosophy which emphasizes non-dualism.

" Under the guidance of Totapuri, Ramakrishna reportedly experienced nirvikalpa samadhi, which is considered to be the highest state in spiritual realisation.

Keshab also publicized Ramakrishna's teachings in the journals of New Dispensation over a period of several years, which was instrumental in bringing Ramakrishna to the attention of a wider audience, especially the Bhadralok ( English-educated classes of Bengal ) and the Europeans residing in India.

Mozoomdar wrote the first English biography of Ramakrishna, entitled The Hindu Saint in the Theistic Quarterly Review ( 1879 ), which played a vital role in introducing Ramakrishna to Westerners like the German indologist Max Müller.

Branch centers in Navadwip, Ghiridhi, and Mothers Trust Mothers Place, Ramakrishna Sarada Ashram, Lakeshore Interfaith Community is an affiliated branch center in Ganges, MI., USA which was inaugurated by the President, Mataji Bandana Ma of Sri Sri Saradeshwari Ashram in 1998.

In the beginning of 1885 Ramakrishna suffered from clergyman's throat, which gradually developed into throat cancer.

Ramakrishna looked upon the world as Maya and he explained that avidya maya represents dark forces of creation ( e. g. sensual desire, evil passions, greed, lust and cruelty ), which keep people on lower planes of consciousness.

Ramakrishna was skilled with words and had an extraordinary style of preaching and instructing, which may have helped convey his ideas to even the most skeptical temple visitors.

During the 1937 Parliament of Religions, which was held at the Ramakrishna Mission in Calcutta, Tagore acknowledged Ramakrishna, whose birth centenary was being celebrated, as a great saint because “ the largeness of his spirit could comprehend seemingly antagonistic modes of sadhana, and because the simplicity of his soul shames for all time the pomp and pedantry of pontiffs and pundits .”

Romain Rolland described the mystical states achieved by Ramakrishna and other mystics as an "' oceanic ' sentiment ", one which Rolland had also experienced.

In 1995, Jeffrey J. Kripal argued in Kali's Child that the Ramakrishna Movement had manipulated Ramakrishna's biographical documents, that the Movement had published them in incomplete and bowdlerized editions ( claiming among other things, hiding Ramakrishna's homoerotic tendencies ), and that the Movement had suppressed Ram Chandra Datta's Srisriramakrsna Paramahamsadever Jivanavrttanta.

In 1998, Kripal wrote that he had " overplayed " the suppression of Jivanavrttanta and " the Ramakrishna Order reprinted Datta's text the very same summer Kali's Child appeared, rendering my original claims of a conscious concealment untenable.

Jeffrey Kripal's controversial Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna ( 1995 ) argued that Ramakrishna rejected Advaita Vedanta in favor of Shakti Tantra.

The application of psychoanalysis has further been disputed by Tyagananda and Vrajaprana as being unreliable in understanding Tantra and interpreting cross-cultural contexts in Interpreting Ramakrishna: Kali's Child Revisited ( 2010 ).

* Devi ( 1999 film ), a Telugu film by Kodi Ramakrishna, winner of a Nandi Award for Best Child Actor

Narendra and other members of the Math spent their time in meditation, discussing the philosophies and teachings of spiritual teachers including Ramakrishna, Adi Shankara, Ramanuja, and Jesus Christ.

"), and the experiences and outlook of historical figures including Buddha, Jesus, Sri Ramakrishna, Paul, Plotinus, Muhammad, Dante, Francis Bacon, and William Blake.

The house became the first building of the Ramakrishna Math — the monastery of the first monastic order of Ramakrishna.

Both Roerichs became avid readers of the Vedantist essays of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, and the Bhagavad Gita.

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had sixteen disciples ( other than Swami Vivekananda ) who became monks of the Ramakrishna Order ; they are often considered his apostles.

Ramakrishna, along with his nephew Hriday, became assistants to Ramkumar, with Ramakrishna given the task of decorating the deity.

After Ramkumar's death Ramakrishna became more contemplative.

Ramakrishna became a very influential figure in Sarada ’ s life, and she became a strong follower of his teachings.

* Monastic disciples who renounced their family and became the earliest monks of the Ramakrishna order — Narendranath Dutta ( Swami Vivekananda ), Rakhal Chandra Ghosh ( Swami Brahmananda ), Kaliprasad Chandra ( Swami Abhedananda ), Taraknath Ghoshal ( Swami Shivananda ), Sashibhushan Chakravarty ( Swami Ramakrishnananda ), Saratchandra Chakravarty ( Swami Saradananda ), Tulasi Charan Dutta ( Swami Nirmalananda ), Gangadhar Ghatak ( Swami Akhandananda ), Hari Prasana ( Swami Vijnanananda ) and others.

This became the first Math or monastery of the disciples who constituted the first Ramakrishna Order.

Ramakrishna Hegde became the party general secretary, and Jana Sangh politician Lal Krishna Advani became the party spokesperson.

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Swami Akhandananda became the vice president of Ramakrishna Math and Mission in 1925 and the third president after the demise of Swami Shivananda in 1934.

He was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, and became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission.

In Cossipore, Tarak joined the brother disciples including Narendranath Dutta, who later became famous as Swami Vivekananda to serve Sri Ramakrishna.

He went to Almora where he was acquainted with a local rich man, Lala Badrilal Shah, who became a great admirer of the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.

In 1922, after the passing of Swami Brahmananda, he became the second President of Ramakrishna Math and Mission.

He became the first president of the Ramakrishna Mission.

After establishing Belur Math monastery when Swami Vivekananda got Ramakrishna Math registered as a Trust, Swami Brahmananda became its President.

He became the President of Ramakrishna Mission in 1937.