Śrī Śrī Rāmakṛṣṇa Kathāmṛta
By Ramakrishna
Edited by Mahendranath Gupta (“M.”)
1902, Five volumes, in Bengali, 1902–1932
First written 1882–1886 (the conversations)
About this text
Mahendranath Gupta’s record, in Bengali, of Ramakrishna’s conversations with his disciples and visitors from 1882 to 1886, written up from his diary and published under the pen name “M.” in five volumes; the source of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.
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Ramakrishna. Śrī Śrī Rāmakṛṣṇa Kathāmṛta. Edited by Mahendranath Gupta (“M.”). Five volumes, in Bengali, 1902–1932. 1902.
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Traditions
Concepts
- GodThe supreme being of theistic traditions: creator, sustainer and object of worship.
- SamādhiMeditative absorption, in which the mind is wholly one with its object or wholly still.
- BhaktiLoving devotion to a personal God.
- Harmony of religionsRamakrishna’s teaching that the religions are different paths to one God, carried to the West by Vivekananda.