29.
10. Discuss on the characteristics of Renaissance in the
Nineteenth Century Bengal.
3. Write a note on: Ramakrishna Mission.
12. Discuss on how the humanitarian principles have
emerged in the New Vedanta of Swami Vivekananda.
13. Explain the religious reformation ideology of Swami
Vivekananda.
14. Discuss on the stages of breaking down of Brahma
Samaj. Mention the causes behind it.
Explain the religious reformation ideology of Swami
Vivekananda.
Answers
Answer:
essay on Ramakrishna mission
Explanation:
The Ramakrishna Mission is an embodiment of the synthesis of ancient Indian and modern western cultures. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836-86) was the founder of this socio-religious movement. He was a poor priest in a temple at Dakshineshwar near Calcutta. He had no formal education. He had faith in all religions and performed religious exercises in accordance with Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.
All the different religious views are different ways leading to the same goal – was the message of Ramakrishna. He (God) is both one and many. He has form and is also without it. This message is a great universal spirit as well as a constellation of symbols. Thus, catholicity was the essence of the Mission’s founder. He led a life of a secluded saint with broad catholicity, mysticism and spirituality.
Formally, the Mission was founded in May 1897 by Paramahamsa’s disciple, Narendranath Dutta, who was later on known as Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). Vivekananda was a graduate of Calcutta University.
Two objectives of the Mission are:
(1) To bring into existence a band of monks dedicated to a life of renunciation and practical spirituality, from among whom teachers and workers would be sent out to spread the universal message of Vedanta as illustrated in the life of Ramakrishna; and
(2) In conjunction with lay disciples, to carry on preaching, philanthropic and charitable works, looking upon all men, women and children, irrespective of caste, creed or colour, as veritable manifestations of the Divine.
Paramahamsa himself founded the Ramakrishna Math with his young monastic disciples as a nucleus to fulfill the first objective. The second objective was taken up by Swami Vivekananda after Ramakrishna’s death. Vivekananda carried the message of Ramakrishna all over India. He was an eloquent speaker with a charming personality.