Guest guest Posted April 2, 1999 Report Share Posted April 2, 1999 NAMASTE One major similarity I find between Christ and Sri Ramakrishna are the ends of their lives. Jesus Christ with His all-embracing Love took the sins of everyone and died for humanity. We find the same thing with Sri Ramakrishna. When He was sick with throat cancer He refused to give up giving instructions to ANY person that came to Him and asked for it. In His last weeks the pain was so great, he could not even speak but, always in communion with the Divine, still communicated with the never-ending visitors by sign language, and all this on His death bed! He said to the Divine Mother: " Mother, all these people are coming here, and I give them more than they deserve . . . " From his infinte storehouse of spiritual awareness, he gave unceasingly to everyone. His life, just like Christ's life, was a constant sacrifice for all humanity. And whoever He did not reach with His physical body, He reached through Swami Vivekananda, the Holy Mother, His other monastic disciples and His Order. He is still reaching out to all humanity, and one by one people are slowly coming to Him. This weekend, let us remember both Christ and Sri Ramakrishna, how they gave up their own lives out of Universal Love, and for this and thousands of other reasons let us salute them over and over again. Yours in Sri Ramakrishna Om Lala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 1999 Report Share Posted April 2, 1999 Revered friends Being Easter, let us share some ideas about the teachings of Christ and Sri Ramakrishna. Both these great prophets were very severe on 'Lust and Greed' (kamini/kanchan). After 2000 years the message seems to be the same. The greatest obstacles to spirituality are still lust and greed! The undersigned had an opportunity to talk to Mr Alan Brown who is the head of Religious Education Centres in UK. (This is the main Anglican organisation involved with RE). At the meeting Mr Brown confided that he did his Masters degree at Leeds University on 'Vivekananda'. When asked what attracted him to choose this topic his response was very interesting. He said that while researching the life of Christ - a question came up. Is there historic proof about Christ? Has any personality of recent times had a clear vision of Christ? The solution came in the form of Sri Ramakrishna. Hence his interest to research the life of his main disciple - Vivekananda. We feel that Christianity and all religions have received a great boost from the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, the prophet of our times. pranams jay Vivekananda Centre London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 1999 Report Share Posted April 2, 1999 Dear Jay, Thanks for reporting your visit with Mr. Brown and your remarks re Easter. In the late 70s Swami Bhavyananda was often invited to Leeds, and probably can be largely credited with the establishing of a knowledge of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda among the faculty of the University, the holdings in the library, and so on. Easter Greetings, Yogeshananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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