Guest guest Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Hari Aum Tat Sat Group, I am just a man of 22. Women and men older than me in this group, deserves the bestowal of sincere feelings of respect from my part, and I do tender that to them. I do not know what you people take Ramakrishna to be, and would not like to hurt your feelings if my views contradict yours. I am a Bengali, living in Kolkata... and have read the usual Ramakrishna Literature...Kathamrita, Lilaprasanga, and most of Vivekananda's works. However, what I am not sure of, is the avataric claim that is adduced to Ramakrishna himself. I can accept him to be a great mystic, perhaps the greatest in the modern world....a siddha-purusha....and a Mukta-purusha. However, does that account for the fact that he is claimed(and thought to have claimed himself) to be an Avatar? Ramakrishna, as we all know, was a Vedantin.... and he had mastered both the Vishishtadvaita of Ramanuja and the Advaita of the Sankaracharya. If he talks about,....."One who was Rama, One who was Krishna, that same one in this(his body) is Ramakrishna...." is that to be taken as a basic Vedantic affirmation of Soham...Aham Brahmashmi....or is that to be accepted as the proclamation of the One's Incarnation? Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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