Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Mahendranath Gupta

1. Introduction to the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
2. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Mahendranath Gupta
3. Foreword by Aldous Huxley
4. Preface to Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita by Swami Nikhilananda
5. Sri Ramakrishna's Dialogues with His Devotees (Gospel Excerpts)
6. Foreword by Aldous Huxley
7. Preface to the Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita by Swami Nikhilananda

Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, dialogs with his disciples

Perhaps the best way to approach the life of Sri Ramakrishna is through the “Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna” written in Bengali by Mahendranath Gupta (M), and translated into English by Swami Nikhilananda and edited in Chennai (India) by the Sri Ramakrishna Math.

Since the complete study of the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna would exceed the scope of this study, only the most significant points will be studied such as his meeting with Totapuri,  Sri Sarada Devi or Swami Vivekananda as well as his realizations of other religions such as Christianity or Islam.

In addition, some passages from Volume I of the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna have been compiled so that the student can know the infinite wisdom of the Master. These passages include the dialogues that the Master had with his disciples, including Swami Vivekananda and which were compiled by Mahendranath Gupta (M).

When reading them the student will almost have the feeling of being present in these dialogues given the accuracy and high level of detail with which Mahendranath Gupta (M) compiled the Gospel. The student will be able to discover the important influence of the Bhagavad Gita on the Master. We strongly urge the student to read and study this Gospel and meditate on its teachings.

1. Sri Ramakrishna and Keshab Chandra Sen
2. Reflections on the Gunas
3. The Knowledge of Brahman
4. The Samadhi State
5. Bhakti (Devotion), Karma (Action) and Jnana (Knowledge) Yoga
6. The meaning of the Bhagavad Gita
7. God can be realized through all paths. All religions in the world are true
8. The need for spiritual discipline
9. It is possible to realize God through Karma Yoga
10. Types of aspirants: Pravartakas, Sadhakas, Siddhas and the Siddha of the Siddhas (Supreme perfection)
11. All women are the true image of Shakti
12. Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda (Narendra) and the Bhagavad Gita
13. Bhakti, love of God, is the essence of all spiritual discipline
14. Realizing the Divine Mother will come Lakshmi, Sarasvati, Kartika and Ganesha
15. The appearance of God with or without form
16. Man should follow several paths. Sri Ramakrishna followed several (Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, besides the path of the Shaktas, Vaishnavas and Vedantists)
17. One of the states of losing your outer consciousness entering the Samadhi of the Master
18. He who is called Brahman by the Jnanis is known as Atman by the yogis and as Bhagavan by the Bhaktas
19. Thou cannot think of Brahman without Shakti or of Shakti without Brahman
20. God cannot be realized without complete renunciation
21. There is only one guru and that is Satchidananda. Ramanuja held the doctrine of Qualified Monism, but his Guru was a pure Monist
22. The hardness of Karma Yoga
23. Sattva, Rajas and Tamas and Bhakti Yoga
24. The Bhaktas and the God with or without form
25. About the reincarnation of the soul
26. The path of Knowledge (Jnana) and Vedanta philosophy
27. Prémabhakti (Rágabhakti) and Vaidhibhakti

The rest of this summary on “Gospel of Ramakrishna” is only available to students of the Gita Institute

The Gospel content of this subject is based on the direct translation of the English version by the Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center of New York.

Note: A series of verses from the Bhagavad Gita have been added with the aim of facilitating the understanding of the text and helping to observe the important influence of the Bhagavad Gita.

Supplementary materials: “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna” (Volumes I, II and III)

Ode to Sri Ramakrishna

Childhood-death of Ramakrishna, Cape Comorin, Parliament of Religions, London, Back to India, Belur Math, Mahasamadhi

Influence of the Bhagavad Gita to the West

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