RE: [Sri Ramakrishna] Ramakrishna and Dayananda

[Guest guest]

I have an interesting question for the group.

 

I recently read an advertisement in an Australian newspaper of a Buddist

Centre. The ad is titled 'Euthanasia and compassion'. It gives in brief

the views of Dalai Lama and Buddha on Euthanasia and advises those

interested to read books availalable from the Centre.

 

I was wondering what is the Vedantic/hindu view about Euthanasia'?

Regards

Milind

 

 

sunderh [sunderh]

Thursday, 15 November 2001 7:10 AM

Ramakrishna

[sri Ramakrishna] Re: Ramakrishna and Dayananda

 

 

Namaste,

 

In Sw. Saradanandaji's biography of Thakurji, [Vol. II,p.635; 5th

revised ed. 1979]:

" Once Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, the founder of the Arya Samaj, came

to Bengal on a tour and lived for some time in a gentleman's garden in

the village called Sinthi in Baranagar, situated in the north of

Calcutta. Although he was very well-known for his scholarship, he had

not then begun to preach his own doctrine, nor had he founded his

organisation. On hearing of him, one day the Master went there to pay

him a visit. In the course of a conversation on Dayananda, the Master

said to us on one occasion, " I went to see him in the garden of

Sinthi.; I found that he had acquired a little power; his chest was

always red. He was in the state of Vaikhari, speaking on scriptural

subjects night and day; by the application of grammar, he was twisting

the meaning of many words. He had in his mind the egoism , 'I will do

something, I will preach a doctrine.' "

 

Sw. Vivekananda's biography by his Eastern and Western disciples,

has many references to Swamiji's visits to various Arya Samaj

institutions, where h was cordially received and listend to. He

compared Arya Samaj to Jainism and Brahmo Samj to Buddhism. He had to

intervene in settking some antagonisms between Arya Samaj and Muslims

also.

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

Ramakrishna, <guruvayu506@x> wrote:

> Dear members,

>

> Do any of you out there have any information or references on the

metting of Swami Dayanand Saraswati of the Arya Samaj, with Shri

Ramakrishnaji?

>

> Or, does anybody know the Paramhansa's or Vivekananda's thoughts

towards the Samaj?

>

> Any information would be greatly appreciated!

>

> -R

 

 

 

 

Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah

Vivekananda Centre London

http://www.vivekananda.co.uk