I love Ramakrishna paramahansa more than Vivekananda!

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Dear spritual brethren,

Sorry for giving such a long and odd title for

my posting.Well, people go gaga over vivekananda but forget

Ramakrishna paramhamsa.People are only impressed with style,language

and sophistication.(which paramham sa never had).Infact I dont like

ramakrishna mutt very much as they try to portray ramakrishnaji in a

golden light as gentle and soft spoken etc.This is all crap.They are

selling god.God is in the truth.the great saint was nothing like

that he was rude,used to mouth the worst obscenities and even slap

people.The obese mutt people thought if that is shown to public they

might misunderstand him and lose respect for him.Also the pramahamsa

title was never liked by ramakrishnaji.He was infact beyiond that

stage(three stages beyond that!)

 

Rama Krishna Paramahamsa was an illiterate person. But be achieved

world wide fame by his pursuit of truth and his realisation of the

Divine. Self-realisation is the goal for every human being. This is

the message of the Bhagavatha.

 

 

Rama Krishna and his wife Sharada Devi were totally illiterate. But

Paramahamsa is treated as a Divine Phenomenon even today. What is

the reason? He followed the path of Truth. He could realise that

Truth alone could lead him to merge with the Divinity. That is

what `Bhagavatha' preached, "You should go to the place from where

you have come". That is the main of object of life.

 

 

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa devoted his entire time from sunrise to late

in the night on the contemplation of the Divine form of the Lord.

Before going to bed he would look here and there and feel that yet

another day had gone by without his having the vision of the Lord.

Thus every moment of every day he experienced the anguish of lacking

the vision of the Divine. The ancient sages experienced similar

anguish in their penance seeking realisation of the Divine.

 

 

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to ecstatically enjoy himself in

the worship of the Goddess in the temple built by Rani Rasamani. One

night thieves broke into the temple and carried away all the jewels

on the idol of Krishna in the temple. With a view to carrying on his

regular priestly duties, he went to Rani Rasamani's nephew,

Mathuranath, and told him, "Sir, thieves have stollen all the jewels

on the idol." Mathuranath was angry and proceeded with Ramakrishna

to the temple. Losing his temper and balance of mind, he burst out

anger, "Oh Krishna! Are you not ashamed of yourself? If you are not

able to protect your jewels on your own idol, how are you going to

protect the whole world? Were you paralysed when the thieves were

carrying away the Jewels? Or were you asleep? This is a disgrace to

you Divinity."

 

Hearing these words, Sri Ramakrishna said, "Mathuranath! Shut your

mouth! For the sake of your petty jewels and trinkets, is this the

way you should berate God? When the Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, is

the consort of the Lord, why do you get so agitated over the loss of

a few trivial ornaments? The Lord can have no such petty feelings.

You are feeling so much for the action of a few thieves who loved

some jewels and came to the Lord to get them. It is because of your

love for jewels that you are getting distressed so much. But the

Lord has no desires. He is ready to give himself away. God is

prepared to offer himself. Such a one, will He be worried about this

petty loss? Hence, change your vision. Do not comment on God." At

these words Mathuranath felt ashamed of himself.

 

Then Ramakrishna sat near the idol of Sri Krishna and

prayed, "Krishna! As long as one is caught up in the coils of the

world, he will speak like an intoxicated man. Only when he gets

immersed in God will he oblivious to himself. Therefore, do not let

ourself get intoxicated. Confer on me the boon of self

forgetfulness." This is what is meant by the saying, "The knower of

Brahman becomes Brahman himself." When one experiences the Divine,

he sees the Divine in everything.

 

 

One day, while Ramakrishna was going to Kamarpukur, he was caught in

heavy rain right in the center of a burial ground. Of course he was

in such an ecstatic mood that the time, place or weather,and even a

dead body under his feet mattered little to him. When he awoke,

Ramakrishna called upon God by various names - Rama, Siva, Krishna,

Kali, Hanuman. Then he suddenly realised that the names all referred

to the One, and he repeated within himself the verse from the Gita

that reminded of Sharanagathi (absolute surrender) to the One.

 

 

At Dakshineshwar, when Ramakrishna was once asked to go to the

temple office to receive his monthly salary, he was very much upset,

for he never wanted any wages for being given the chance of

worshipping his Mother.

 

 

Yet another story of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa says, how he slapped

Rani Rasamani on her face when she stood before the shrine at

Dakshineshwar with folded hands and half closed eyes, to all

appearing as if praying to the Mother. He knew that she was not

praying, but actually involving herself with plans for a civil suit

in a court of law and so he reminded her of the sanctity of the

place and the need to pray for higher objectives, by a slap. The

Rani acknowledged the act of service and prevented her servants from

admonishing Paramahamsa. He had done her good, she said.

 

 

The scriptures convey a living message; the idols of God convey a

living lesson. They are not wood or stone. That is why Sri

Ramakrishna did not support those who directed that a broken idol be

discarded. He asked whether Rani Rasamani would discard Mathur Babu,

her son-in-law, if he happened to break his leg. He recommended that

the idol be mended and used for worship.

 

With a view to test Ramakrishna, a disciple called Narendra or

Vivekananda kept a few gold coins under the bed of Ramakrishna.

Immediately Ramakrishna got up because he felt as if his body was

burning. The inner meaning of this story is that Ramakrishna was

still seeing the distinction between gold on the one hand and mind

on the other hand. He kept on exchanging them from one hand to other

hand, till he lost the sense of distinction between them. He then

realised the quantity or the oneness of them.

 

 

Ramakrishna had the sense of total dedication. He was in great pain

as a result of cancer, and his disciples asked him to pray to the

Mother for the alleviation of the pain. Vivekananda was desperate

when his master refused to ask this little favour from the Mother

with whom he was literally on speaking terms. But Ramakrishna

replied that as it was the Mother's will that he must suffer, he was

not going to pray for palliative. But his disciples were adamant.

They bothered Ramakrishna so much that one day he prayed to the

Mother that he may be helped to take a little food in spite of the

cancer in his throat. Ramakrishna told his disciples that at that

time he heard the mother admonishing him for his ignorance, "Are you

not eating through all these billion throats? Why regret that one

throat is incapable of taking down food?" This truth was brought

home to the disciples by this revelation.

 

Thothapuri wanted that Ramakrishna must give up even his

Ishtadevatha Kalimatha (Goddess Kali), when he sought the highest

bliss. He helped Ramakrishna to overcome his deep-rooted attachment

to that Name and Form. What then are we to say of the attachment to

mere name of these yogis and rishis (sages), of the present time?

They will not stir a finger, they will not give up a single desire

or habit; they can not miss a meal or sit quiet for an hour; but

they expect that God must grant them immortality and men must take

them as their examples.

 

when vivekananda met ramakrishna.ramakrishna hit him hard in his

chest.vivekananda began abusing ramakrishna.."you son of a bitch

what have you done? what have you done you mother fucker???...im not

able to bear this divine visions...i have a family with me,my

parents my studies.."....this was conviniently edited by the

ramakrishna mutt!

SEEK THE TRUTH ALWAYS HOWMUCH EVER DISTASTEFUL

IT MIGHT BE...FOR GOD EXISTS THERE EXACTLY IN THAT

DISTASTEFULNESS!...This is my quote!!

yours yogically,

Dattu