Osho on Ramakrishna Paramhansa Sadhanas Many have talked about synthesis -- Ramakrishna is the first to create a science of synthesis. Many people have said that all religions are true, but it has just been talk. Ramakrishna made it a reality. He gave it the strength of experience, he proved it with his life. When he was doing Islamic sadh...

Osho on Ramakrishna Enlightenment There is an episode in Ramakrishna's life.... For his whole life he had been worshipping Mother Kali, but at the very end he began to feel, "It is duality; the experience of oneness has still not happened. It is lovely, delightful, but two still remains two." Someone loves a woman, someone loves money, som...

Osho on Ramakrishna Paramhansa Parables One man reached Ramakrishna. He was going to Varanasi to take a holy dip -- but he was interested in Ramakrishna, so before going, he went to touch his feet. And Ramakrishna said, "But what is the need to go to Varanasi, because the Ganges is coming here" -- just behind his temple where they were sit...

Question : Could we say that Ramakrishna exploited Vivekananda? It could be said but it should not be said, because the word conveys an idea of condemnation behind it. He did not exploit him to gain something selfish for himself; his idea was that through Vivekananda others will be benefited. He exploited him only in the sense that he made...

Question : Ramakrishna said that the bhakti approach is the most suitable for this age. Is that so? No. Ramakrishna said that bhakti yoga was the most suitable approach because it was the most suitable for him. That is the basic window through which he came under the sky. It is not a question of an approach being suitable or unsuitable for...

Osho on Ramakrishna Cancer and Ramakrishna Devotion Question 1 Osho, You have often said you will have no successors. but won't all those who love you be your successors in that we carry you in our blood and bones and so you are part of us forever? Maneesha, the concept of the successor is bureaucratic. The very idea of succession is not t...

Osho on Ramakrishna Paramhansa Marriage and worship of Ma I am reminded of Ramakrishna. He was uneducated, and you will not find another misfit like him. Yet this country has accepted him as one of the incarnations of God. When he was nine years old he had an experience of deep meditation. He was not looking for it. He was just a boy comin...

Osho on Ramakrishna Paramhansa Leaving the Body and Sharda Ma At the time of Ramakrishna’s death, it had become clear three days before that Ramakrishna is taking leave now. So his wife Sharda became very worried and upset. Ramakrishna asked her, ”Why do you cry? Because the one who is, is not going to die. And did you love this body known...

Osho on Ramakrishna Paramhansa Interest in food It is said about Ramkrishna that he was much too interested in food; in fact obsessed. That is very unlikely. Even his wife, Sharada, used to feel very embarrassed; because he was such a great saint, only with one flaw – and the flaw was that he was much too interested in food. He was interes...

Osho on Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dying from Cancer Ramakrishna was dying. He had cancer of the throat, and in his last days it became impossible for him even to drink water. Vivekananda said to him, "Bhagwan, can't you ask God to do you just a little favor? If you simply ask God that at least you should be allowed to eat and drink it is boun...

Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda First Meeting When Vivekananda came to Ramakrishna his name was still Narendranath -- later on Ramakrishna named him Vivekananda. When he came to Ramakrishna he was extremely argumentative, an atheist, a rationalist. He wanted proof for everything. There are some things that have no proof -- it ...

Osho on Ramakrishna Bhakti yoga and Path of Devotion Ramakrishna said that bhakti yoga was the most suitable approach because it was the most suitable for him. That is the basic window through which he came under the sky. It is not a question of an approach being suitable or unsuitable for a particular age. We cannot think in terms of ages...

Osho on Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Keshav Chandra Sen I have told you the story of Ramakrishna and Keshav Chandra Sen. Keshav Chandra was one of the most intelligent people of his time. He founded a religion just on his intellectual philosophy, brahmasamaj, the society for God. And he had hundreds and thousands of intelligent people, a ver...