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The Gospel of Ramakrishna is a luminous record of Sri Ramakrishna's conversations with disciples, householders, skeptics, and seekers in late nineteenth-century Bengal. Drawn from the Bengali Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, it combines diary, dialogue, parable, and devotional testimony. Its literary style is deceptively simple: colloquial speech, vivid scenes, and homely metaphors carry profound reflections on Vedanta, bhakti, tantra, and religious pluralism within the context of the Bengal Renaissance. Mahendra Nath Gupta, known reverently as "M.," was a schoolteacher, intellectual, and intimate lay disciple of Ramakrishna. His training in observation, pedagogy, and literary discipline enabled him to preserve conversations with unusual immediacy and precision. Having encountered Ramakrishna during a period of personal crisis, Gupta became both witness and interpreter, shaping a text that is at once biography, scripture, and spiritual ethnography. This book is highly recommended for readers interested in comparative religion, modern Hindu spirituality, mysticism, or the lived texture of guru-disciple traditions. It rewards both scholarly study and contemplative reading, offering not a systematic doctrine but a living encounter with a teacher whose words continue to challenge sectarian boundaries and awaken inward inquiry.
The Gospel of Ramakrishna is a luminous record of Sri Ramakrishna's conversations with disciples, householders, skeptics, and seekers in late nineteenth-century Bengal. Drawn from the Bengali Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, it combines diary, dialogue, parable, and devotional testimony. Its literary style is deceptively simple: colloquial speech, vivid scenes, and homely metaphors carry profound reflections on Vedanta, bhakti, tantra, and religious pluralism within the context of the Bengal Renaissance. Mahendra Nath Gupta, known reverently as "M.," was a schoolteacher, intellectual, and intimate lay disciple of Ramakrishna. His training in observation, pedagogy, and literary discipline enabled him to preserve conversations with unusual immediacy and precision. Having encountered Ramakrishna during a period of personal crisis, Gupta became both witness and interpreter, shaping a text that is at once biography, scripture, and spiritual ethnography. This book is highly recommended for readers interested in comparative religion, modern Hindu spirituality, mysticism, or the lived texture of guru-disciple traditions. It rewards both scholarly study and contemplative reading, offering not a systematic doctrine but a living encounter with a teacher whose words continue to challenge sectarian boundaries and awaken inward inquiry.
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Mahendranath Gupta (1854 -1932) was a disciple of the great 19-th century Hindu mystic Rama-krishna, a teacher to Paramahansa Yogananda, a famous 20th-century yogi and an author of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. He met The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishnain his teens and since then he became his devoted disciple. Since the age of 13 Mahendranath wrote a diary, which later became a basis of the book about Sri Ramakrishna, which was his greatest achievement of the great influencer, as it helped spread the teachings of Ramakrishna around the world.
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| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
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| Genre: | Importe, Religion & Theologie |
| Religion: | Nichtchristliche Religionen |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9788027386352 |
| ISBN-10: | 8027386357 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Gupta, Mahendra Nath |
| Übersetzung: | Abhedananda, Swami |
| Hersteller: | e-artnow |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | e-artnow s.r.o., Za Sidlistem 22, ?-143 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Mahendra Nath Gupta |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.05.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,616 kg |