By Amiya P Sen
Press reviews within the 1870s Calcutta marvelled on the means ‘highly educated’, ‘civilized’ and ‘reasoning’ males, like Mahendra Nath Dutta, have been attracted to the ‘ill clad’, ‘illiterate’, ‘friendless’ and ‘unpolished’ Ramakrishna. The innovative press, which had first introduced Ramakrishna to public realization, scoffed at his use of ‘vulgar’ speech, whereas acknowledging its effectiveness in spiritual verbal exchange. regardless of those reviews, Ramakrishna got here to occupy a big position within the cultural lifetime of late-nineteenth-century Bengal.
Amiya P. Sen’s lucid introductions and fluent translations of the interactions among Ramakrishna and his fans in His phrases make for an enticing and illuminating account of Ramakrishna’s teachings. Compiled from quite a few modern and near-contemporary resources, this ebook brings out the dramatic simplicity of Ramakrishna’s incisive commentaries on profound spiritual ideas.
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