Ramakrishna Math Spoken English Material

Gayatri too, as the Goddess of complete Knowledge is a reference to Kundalini. The same energy in the differing aspects is worshipped as Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, as Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, as Kali the Destroyer, and so on. The concentrated reservoir in man is known as Kundalini. In the Hindu religion the primordial creative energy is worshipped in many forms. He spent his leisure hours making garlands for the family deity, Raghuvir.” Whenever in his daily prayers he invoked the Goddess Gayatri his chest flushed and tears rolled down his cheeks. He spent much of his time in worship and meditation, and repeating God’s name and chanting His glories. People loved her for her openheartedness. She did not know much about the ways of the world, innocent in the art of concealment, she would say what was in her mind. Ramakrishna himself once said, “My mother was the personification of rectitude and gentleness. His parents were poor, simple and pious people, living in a small village. From most humble beginnings began the life of this spiritual prodigy who later was known as Sri Ramakrishna, or the Master to his disciples. On Februthe boy Gadadhar was born in Kamarpukur, a rural area of Bengal in India. This is known as the union of Siva and Sakti.” His Youth There Kundalini, the awakened Power, unites with Siva.

In that lotus dwells Satchidananda Siva, the Absolute. After passing through the six centres, the Kundalini reaches the thousand petalled lotus known as Sahasrara, and the aspirant goes into Samadhi. In Ramakrishna’s own words “After great effort and spiritual practice the Kundalini is awakened.

In the case of Sri Ramakrishna we find unmistakable evidence in support of the fact that Kundalini activity and mystical experience are connected. In The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, written by a close student of Ramakrishna who refers to himself as ‘M’, we find a most thorough and beautiful documentation of the last few years of the Master’s life and teachings. Sri Ramakrishna is perhaps the most widely known mystic that India has produced in the past few hundred years.

Ramakrishna Math Spoken English Material