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Ramakrishna (was Re: Re: aham brahmasmi )
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Subject: Ramakrishna (was Re: Re: aham brahmasmi )
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From: manish@cadence.com (Manish Tandon)
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 14:19:25 GMT
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From news@cadence.com Tue Mar 7 09: 09:19 1995
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In article <3j8ffj$sul@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, ken_stuart@macshasta.snowcrest.net (ken stuart) writes:
|> Ramakrishna first was a Kali worshipper, but he specifically and explicitly
|> did so with the understanding expressed in the Bhagavad Gita, ie that all
|> those appearances are in fact just the Supreme Person.
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|> This is NOT the same as what Krsna really is admonishing in that section of
|> the Gita, ie those people (and there are MANY in India) who worship deities
|> as being DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS - ie My God is Better than Your God.
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|> Ramakrishna in different periods of his lifetime practiced several different
|> paths (including Islam and Christianity) specifically in order to demonstrate
|> that the SAME Supreme Person is worshipped by all these paths, which is what
|> Srila Prabhupada and Krsna himself have said as well.
|>
|> Ramakrishna said of the Srimad Bhagavatam, "It is fried in the butter of
|> Knowledge and stepped in the honey of Love".
Ken,
The real position of Ramakrishna is vague at best. There is a small group of
people (some of RK followers) who claim that he was a Vaisnava (at heart).
I have heard some of the statements made by him (like the one above about SB)
which substantiate that but than there are things he said and did which counter
that. If you help 10 people and beat one to death, you are still a criminal.
Add to that the misinformation, specifically impersonalism, promoted by his
disciples like Vivekananda which is as far from theism as it can be.
|> Note that Ramakrishna's organization publishes books on Sri Ramanuja and Sri
|> Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
That's very good. I sincerely hope that you also read them.
|> Ken
|> Ken@macshasta.com
Manish
