Shri Ramakrishna

[scarletharlot]

I started finding out about Shri Ramakrishna in or around 1994, when I had my first "kundalini awakening".There are many Indian saints but Shri Ramakrishna stands out from them all, Born in 1836, at dawn, on February 18, sixty miles northwest of Calcutta, in India, he is truly the Avatar or the Aquarian Age. Much is known about his life; the main feature of it is that he had literally NO interest in anything except GOD. Many people have never heard of Ramakrishna but have heard of Mahatma Gandhi...well, Gandhi's spiritual preceptor was Swami Vivekananda...who in his turn was Ramakrishna's most beloved disciple.

Vivekananda was, by all accounts a polymath; he was supremely intelligent , well read, well educated, and was versed in the musical arts as well. Curiously enough, he was introduced both to the Bhagavad-Gita (one of the greatest of Hindu Scriptures, the Bhagavad-Gita was the first of the numerous Hindu scriptures to be translated into another language ) and Ramakrishna himself, by WESTERNERS. Ramakrishna was greatly respected by many spiritual leaders of the day, so many of the Anglo-Indians found their way into the ranks of his followers.

When Vivekananda first met Ramakrishna, he asked him "Can God be seen?" Ramakrishna answered immediately "God can be seen. In fact, at this moment, I can see God more clearly than I see you!

But who wants to see God? People will shed jugfuls of tears for their families and their possessions, but who weeps for God? Anyone who sheds tears out of a desire to see God will have their wish fulfilled very rapidly!" (PS: This is TRUE.)

[Sammy]

Awsome story scarlet! Thank you for posting One favor though could you edit the color so its default? My background is black and I was a bit confused at first HAHA. Thanks again!

PS the purple works fine

[scarletharlot]

There, how's THAT? The script colour for the green skin is very faint; it almost matches the background, hence my switching it to BLACK. But thaty's right; those who use black as their skin will not be able to read it! Yellow seems the perfect compromise!

[Sammy]

Thank you so much, ya im still trying to perfect the green one. Yellow works for now, but Ill change it for ya.

[scarletharlot]

Ramakrishna was known as the "Mad Saint of Dakshineswar"; when the Black Virgin in the form of Kali appeared to him, he began making offerings everywhere...once a cat came mewing into the temple (animals other than cows are not allowed in Hindu temples) while he was doing puja (worship ritual) and he humbly offered the cat some of the food meant for the Deity, saying "Will you take it, Mother?"

Everyone was of course horrified and outraged by this, but the Temple owner's son-in law Mathur Babu was convinced that Ramakrishna's worship had 'awakened' the Goddess in the Temple, and so Ramakrishna was immune from the consequences of his unorthodox worshipping methods.

But the word about them spread rapidly; many were convinced that it was nothing more than ordinary mental unbalance incurred by excessive devotional fervor. Towards the end of Ramakrishna's life, those who had mocked him were forced to recant their words; Ramakrishna was held in great esteem by many of India's religious leaders for his simple earthy spiritual wisdom and his devotion to God in all His forms. But it was the Goddess in the form of Bhavatarini Ma, "The Saviouress of the World", the Black Virgin of Dakshineswar, who first "awakened" in his heart...