Ramakryszna Paramahansa, śri Ramakryszna Paramahansa – jeden z najważniejszych indyjskich świętych hinduizmu. Był ważną postacią renesansu bengalskiego. Nauczał jedności wszystkich religii, jedności istnienia, oddania Bogu, oraz że moksza to ostateczny cel istnienia. Wikipedia
„Bezgraniczny, nieskończony, promieniejący ocean ducha.”
o wizji bogini-matki Kali, której doświadczył podczas posługi kapłańskiej.
Źródło: Brian Mooney, 100 największych przywódców, tłum. Marek Urbański, wyd. Świat Książki, Warszawa 2008, ISBN 9788373919587, s. 193.
Źródło: Mahendranath Gupta, Miodopłynna mowa dwakroć błogosławionego Ramakryszny, cyt. za: Brian Mooney, 100 największych…, op. cit. , s. 194
„Esencją jest czynna miłość Boga. Reszta to nierzeczywistość.”
Źródło: Mahendranath Gupta, Miodopłynna mowa dwakroć błogosławionego Ramakryszny, cyt. za: Brian Mooney, 100 największych…, op. cit. , s. 194
Źródło: Mahendranath Gupta, Miodopłynna mowa dwakroć błogosławionego Ramakryszny, cyt. za: Brian Mooney, 100 największych…, op. cit. , s. 194.
Źródło: Mahendranath Gupta, Miodopłynna mowa dwakroć błogosławionego Ramakryszny, cyt. za: Brian Mooney, 100 największych…, op. cit. , s. 194
“He finds that everything, above and below, is filled with God.”
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 909
Kontekst: There are three kinds of devotees: superior, mediocre, and inferior. The inferior devotee says, "God is out there." According to him God is different from His creation. The mediocre devotee says: "God is the Antaryami, the Inner Guide. God dwells in everyone's heart." The mediocre devotee sees God in the heart. But the superior devotee sees that God alone has become everything; He alone has become the twenty-four cosmic principles. He finds that everything, above and below, is filled with God.
“You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion.”
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 486
Kontekst: You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion. God has made different religions and creeds to suit different aspirants. By no means all are fit for the Knowledge of Brahman. Therefore the worship of God with form has been provided. The mother brings home a fish for her children. She curries part of the fish, part she fries, and with another part she makes pilau. By no means all can digest the pilau. So she makes fish soup for those who have weak stomachs. Further, some want pickled or fried fish. There are different temperaments. There are differences in the capacity to comprehend.
“In the same manner those quarrel who have seen one aspect only of the Deity.”
Saying 6; this is a variant of widely used teaching anecdotes of India involving blind men and an elephant.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
Kontekst: Four blind men went to see an elephant. One touched the leg of the elephant, and said, "The elephant is like a pillar." The second touched the trunk, and said, "The elephant is like a thick stick or club." The third touched the belly, and said, "The elephant is like a big jar." The fourth touched the ears, and said, "The elephant is like a winnowing basket." Thus they began to dispute amongst themselves as to the figure of the elephant. A passer-by seeing them thus quarrelling, said, "What is it that you are disputing about?" They told him everything, and asked him to arbitrate. That man said, "None of you has seen the elephant. The elephant is not like a pillar, its legs are like pillars. It is not like a big water-vessel, its belly is like a water-vessel. It is not like a winnowing basket, its ears are like winnowing baskets. It is not like a thick stick or club, but its proboscis is like that. The elephant is the combination of all these." In the same manner those quarrel who have seen one aspect only of the Deity.... Different creeds are but different paths to reach the Almighty.
“The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?”
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 248
Kontekst: It is not good for ordinary people to say, "I am He." The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 132
Kontekst: He who is called Brahman by the jnanis is known as Atman by the yogis and as Bhagavan by the bhaktas. The same brahmin is called priest, when worshipping in the temple, and cook, when preparing a meal in the kitchen. The jnani, following the path of knowledge, always reason about the Reality saying, "not this, not this." Brahman is neither "this" nor "that"; It is neither the universe nor its living beings. Reasoning in this way, the mind becomes steady. Finally it disappears and the aspirant goes into samadhi. This is the Knowledge of Brahman. It is the unwavering conviction of the jnani that Brahman alone is real and the world is illusory. All these names and forms are illusory, like a dream. What Brahman is cannot be described. One cannot even say that Brahman is a Person. This is the opinion of the jnanis, the followers of Vedanta. But the bhaktas accept all the states of consciousness. They take the waking state to be real also. They don't think the world to be illusory, like a dream. They say that the universe is a manifestation of the God's power and glory. God has created all these — sky, stars, moon, sun, mountains, ocean, men, animals. They constitute His glory. He is within us, in our hearts. Again, He is outside. The most advanced devotees say that He Himself has become all this — the 24 cosmic principles, the universe, and all living beings. The devotee of God wants to eat sugar, and not become sugar. (All laugh.) Do you know how a lover of God feels? His attitude is: "O God, Thou art the Master, and I am Thy servant. Thou art the Mother, and I Thy child." Or again: "Thou art my Father and Mother. Thou art the Whole, and I am a part." He does not like to say, "I am Brahman." They yogi seeks to realize the Paramatman, the Supreme Soul. His ideal is the union of the embodied soul and the Supreme Soul. He withdraws his mind from sense objects and tries to concentrate on the Paramatman. Therefore, during the first stage of his spiritual discipline, he retires into solitude and with undivided attention practices meditation in a fixed posture.
But the reality is one and the same; the difference is only in name. He who is Brahman is verily Atman, and again, He is the Bhagavan. He is Brahman to the followers of the path of knowledge, Paramatman to the yogis, and Bhagavan to the lovers of God.
“Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart.”
As quoted in Ramakrishna : Prophet of New India (1948) by Swami Nikhilananda, p. 80
Kontekst: Man cannot really help the world. God alone does that — He who has created the sun and the moon, who has put love for their children in parents' hearts, endowed noble souls with compassion, and holy men and devotees with divine love. The man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself. There is gold buried in your heart, but you are not yet aware of it. It is covered with a thin layer of earth. Once you are aware of it, all these activities of yours will lessen. … Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then, through His grace, one realizes Him in course of time. God can be seen, one can talk to Him, as I am talking to you.
“I realized that there is only one God toward whom all are travelling; but the paths are different.”
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 129
Kontekst: I had to practise each religion for a time — Hinduism, Islām, Christianity. Furthermore, I followed the paths of the Śāktas, Vaishnavas, and Vedāntists. I realized that there is only one God toward whom all are travelling; but the paths are different.
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 111
Kontekst: God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
“All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.”
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 818
Kontekst: All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food. All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
“Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.”
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 308
“I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.”
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 742
“As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body.”
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 30
and there his search ends. Such, indeed is the search for Brahman.
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 733
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 138
“As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet.”
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 210
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 110
Źródło: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 83
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 966
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 2
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 396
Źródło: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 580
As quoted in Hindu Psychology : Its Meaning for the West (1946) by Swami Akhilananda, p. 204
As quoted in Hindu Psychology : Its Meaning for the West (1946) by Swami Akhilananda, p. 204
