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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!
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Ramakrishna reportedly had experiences of similar nature a few other times in his childhood — while worshipping the goddess Vishalakshi, and portraying god Shiva in a drama during Shivaratri festival.
Ramakrishna reportedly mentioned that they could find the bride at the house of Ramchandra Mukherjee in Jayrambati, three miles to the north-west of Kamarpukur.
" Under the guidance of Totapuri, Ramakrishna reportedly experienced nirvikalpa samadhi, which is considered to be the highest state in spiritual realisation.
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During this period, Vivekananda returned to Baranagar Math a few times, because of ill health and to arrange for monetary funds after Balaram Bose and Suresh Chandra Mitra, the disciples of Ramakrishna who sponsored the Math had died.
He had a walk with Swami Premananda, a brother-disciple, and gave him instructions on the future of the Ramakrishna Math.
On the other bank of the river, Ramakrishna had been cremated sixteen years before.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had sixteen disciples ( other than Swami Vivekananda ) who became monks of the Ramakrishna Order ; they are often considered his apostles.
Ramakrishna had reserved ochre cloths for 12, including Girish Ghosh.
Several of the monks had only seen Ramakrishna a few times.
Rumors spread to Kamarpukur that Ramakrishna had become unstable as a result of his spiritual exercises at Dakshineswar.
By the time his bride joined him, Ramakrishna had already embraced the monastic life of a sannyasi ; as a result, the marriage was never consummated.
According to the Bhairavi, Ramakrishna was experiencing phenomena that accompany mahabhava — the supreme attitude of loving devotion towards the divine – and quoting from the bhakti shastras, she said that other religious figures like Radha and Chaitanya had similar experiences.
Ramakrishna acknowledged the left-hand tantric path, though it had " undesirable features ", as one of the " valid roads to God-realization ", he consistently cautioned his devotees and disciples against associating with it.
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, he had an intense vision of two young boys merging into his body.
Ramakrishna said that he " devoutly repeated the name of Allah, wore a cloth like the Arab Moslems, said their prayer five times daily, and felt disinclined even to see images of the Hindu gods and goddesses, much less worship them — for the Hindu way of thinking had disappeared altogether from my mind.
" 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 ".
Ramakrishna describes of a vision in which the picture of Madonna and Child Jesus became alive and had a vision in which Jesus merged with his body.
In 1875, Ramakrishna met the influential Brahmo Samaj leader Keshab Chandra Sen. Keshab had accepted Christianity, and had separated from the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
Formerly, Keshab had rejected idolatry, but under the influence of Ramakrishna he accepted Hindu polytheism and established the " New Dispensation " ( Nava Vidhan ) religious movement, based on Ramakrishna's principles —" Worship of God as Mother ", " All religions as true " and " Assimilation of Hindu polytheism into Brahmoism ".
Newspapers reported that Ramakrishna was spreading " Love " and " Devotion " among the educated classes of Calcutta and that he had succeeded in reforming the character of some youths whose morals had been corrupt.
Ramakrishna also had interactions with Debendranath Tagore, the father of Rabindranath Tagore, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, a renowned social worker.
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.
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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.
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 attained savikalpa samadhi — vision and union with Krishna.
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.
Ramakrishna and goddess
As a priest Ramakrishna performed the ritual ceremony — the Shodashi Puja – where Sarada Devi was made to sit in the seat of goddess Kali, and worshiped as the Divine mother.
" In his 1929 book La vie de Ramakrishna, Rolland distinguished between the feelings of unity and eternity which Ramakrishna experienced in his mystical states and Ramakrishna's interpretation of those feelings as the goddess Kali.
As a priest, Ramakrishna performed the ritual ceremony — the Shodashi Puja where Sarada Devi was made to sit in the seat of goddess Kali, and worshiped as the divine mother.
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* Ramakrishna Paramahamsa describes of several visions including Kali, Sita, Krishna, Jesus, Mohammed.
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.
When Ramkumar died in 1856, Ramakrishna took his place as the priest of the Kali temple.
Ramakrishna said that this period of nirvikalpa samadhi came to an end when he received a command from the Mother Kali to " remain in Bhavamukha ; for the enlightenment of the people ".
Ramakrishna said that for several days he was filled with Christian thoughts and no longer thought of going to the Kali temple.
Postcolonial literary theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak wrote that Ramakrishna was a " Bengali bhakta visionary " and that as a bhakta, " he turned chiefly towards Kali.
Ramakrishna was a priest in the Dakshineswar Kali Temple and attracted several monastic and householder disciples.
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 — then known as Gadadhar Chattopadhaya and a priest of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple since 1855 — was practicing spiritual austerities.
Ramakrishna went to the temple and recited the mantra. It is said that Kali appeared in front of Ramakrishna with a bowl of Milk and a bowl of curd. She told him to pick any 1. The milk would give lots of wealth and the curd would give him all the knowledge he needed.
Ramakrishna said that both look tasty but he has to taste each before choosing, so Kali gave him both the bowls.
Ramakrishna gorged both the curd and the milk. Kali was furious. But Ramakrishna explained to Kali that what is one without the other. Kali was impressed by his wit and said that he will become a Vikatakavi. Meaning a jesting poet. with his Knowledge he left to Vijaynagara.
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