Month: June 2025
“There’s no verse that forbids it” Mahamantra Kirtan
In this reflection, I will speak from a philosophy that is sincere—free of filters, dogmas, or fear. I am not here to sugarcoat what provokes thought, nor to mask discomfort. What I’m about to share is, in my view, one of the most troubling philosophical distortions I’ve come across—and I will address it with clarity.
If he dies, I cannot go on living
One day, Sri Radharaman Charan Das Dev, was speaking with a number of visitors when a woman arrived, weeping and wailing, and fell at his feet. He said, “Ma! Why do you weep?” Woman: Baba, my only child is suffering from the plague. There is no hope for his life. If he dies, I cannot
Jagannath appears as Ganesh
“I would like to know,” said our friend Krishnananda, “why Lord Jagannath appears as Ganesh today.” “Listen,” said Sri Radharaman Charan Das Dev, “it has an interesting history—one that shows Lord Jagannath is truly the wish-fulfilling tree of His devotees. “There was once a devotee named Ganapati Bhatta in Karnata, who had studied the shastras
Ramakrishna and Radharaman Dev
Once, in the middle of the month of Vaisakh (a summer month), in the year 1289 of the Bengali calendar (1883 AD), a farmer came to Ramakrishna Paramahansa at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, carrying the lifeless body of his son. The boy had died from the bite of a king cobra in the nearby jungle.
The dead back to life by chanting Harinama
Sri Sri Radharaman Charan Das Dev, brought the dead back to life by chanting Harinama on several occasions. The most striking example was that of a lady whom he revived at the cremation ground itself, in the presence of thousands of people in Calcutta. The dead body of a young lady had been brought by
Ananga Manjari: the secret incarnation
Image of Sri Laxmi Devi Ma Lakshmi Devi was a niece of Sri Ramakrishna and one of his female disciples. She was the daughter of his brother Rameshwar. After becoming a widow early in life, she lived with Sri Ramakrishna and Sarada Devi (the Holy Mother) at Dakshineswar. She later became a spiritual teacher, inspiring many with stories
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