In the beginning of 1885 Ramakrishna suffered from clergyman's throat, which gradually developed into throat cancer. He was moved toShyampukur near Calcutta, where some of the best physicians of the time, including Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, were engaged. When his condition aggravated he was relocated to a large garden house at Cossipore on December 11, 1885.
During his last days, he was looked after by his monastic disciples and Sarada Devi. Ramakrishna was advised by the doctors to keep the strictest silence, but ignoring their advice, he incessantly conversed with visitors. According to traditional accounts, before his death, Ramakrishna transferred his spiritual powers to Vivekananda and reassured Vivekananda of his avataric status Ramakrishna
asked Vivekananda to look after the welfare of the disciples,
saying, "keep my boys together" and asked him to "teach
them". Ramakrishna also asked other monastic disciples to
look upon Vivekananda as their leader. Ramakrishna's
condition gradually worsened and he expired in the early
morning hours of August 16, 1886 at the Cossipore
garden house (pic-2). According to his disciples, this
was mahasamadhi.After the death of their master, the
monastic disciples led by Vivekananda formed a fellowship
at a half-ruined house at Baranagar near the river Ganges,
with the financial assistance of the householder disciples.
This became the first Math or monastery of the disciples
who constituted the first Ramakrishna Order.
Biographical sources
asked Vivekananda to look after the welfare of the disciples,
saying, "keep my boys together" and asked him to "teach
them". Ramakrishna also asked other monastic disciples to
look upon Vivekananda as their leader. Ramakrishna's
condition gradually worsened and he expired in the early
morning hours of August 16, 1886 at the Cossipore
garden house (pic-2). According to his disciples, this
was mahasamadhi.After the death of their master, the
monastic disciples led by Vivekananda formed a fellowship
at a half-ruined house at Baranagar near the river Ganges,
with the financial assistance of the householder disciples.
This became the first Math or monastery of the disciples
who constituted the first Ramakrishna Order.
Biographical sources
The principal source for Ramakrishna's teaching is
Mahendranath Gupta's Sri Sri Ramakrishna
Kathamrita and is regarded as a Bengali classic. Kripal
calls it "the central text of the tradition". The text was
published in five volumes from 1902 to 1932. Based on
Gupta's diary notes, each of the five volumes purports to
document Ramakrishna's life from 1882–1886.
The most popular translation of the Kathamrita is The
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Swami Nikhilananda.
Nikhilananda's translation rearranged the scenes in the
five volumes of the Kathamrita into a linear
sequence. Malcolm Mclean and Jeffrey Kripal argue that
the translation is unreliable. PhilosopherLex Hixon writes
that the Gospel is "spiritually authentic" and "powerful
rendering of the Kathamrita".
Mahendranath Gupta's Sri Sri Ramakrishna
Kathamrita and is regarded as a Bengali classic. Kripal
calls it "the central text of the tradition". The text was
published in five volumes from 1902 to 1932. Based on
Gupta's diary notes, each of the five volumes purports to
document Ramakrishna's life from 1882–1886.
The most popular translation of the Kathamrita is The
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Swami Nikhilananda.
Nikhilananda's translation rearranged the scenes in the
five volumes of the Kathamrita into a linear
sequence. Malcolm Mclean and Jeffrey Kripal argue that
the translation is unreliable. PhilosopherLex Hixon writes
that the Gospel is "spiritually authentic" and "powerful
rendering of the Kathamrita".
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