Swami Vivekananda, philosopher, mystic and one of India's greatest thinkers, founded the Ramakrishna Mission as a dedication to the Paramhansa. Some of the most noted followers of Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa are noted poet, playwright, theatre director Girish Ghosh, Swami Vikenanda, Zamindar Rakhal Chandra Ghosh, who later became Swami Bramhananda, etc. He practised different facets of Hinduism as well of other religions like Islam and Christianity, and said that religions are but different paths that lead up to a single goal – God. The simplest of men, with a childlike enthusiasm, Ramakrishna was known to explain complex spiritual tales in the most lucid manner. Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa is still the most celebrated mystic in Bengal, respected for his devotion, loved for his kindness, adored for his eccentricity. Ramakrishna even proclaimed his wife Saradamoni as the embodiment of the Divine Mother and performed the Shodashi Puja with her in the seat of Goddess Kali - and that's how revolutionary he was. Paramhansa would say, to be kind to human is to be kind to god - because god resides in every man. For him, achieving god was not by salvation, but through work. Ramakrishna's greatness lies in the fact that he believed every man and woman is holy, and he never once claimed to be greater, but just a common man who viewed Kali as a common woman, truant, playful and benign. His words like "Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious" - resonates with the spiritual soul. Ramakrishna was a man beyond religion and a philosopher, whose teachings have become not just tenets of Hinduism, but life advice. They respected the Paramhansa and he grew several disciples over the years. The Queen and her subjects believed Ramakrishna as a true avatar of Vishnu.
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