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| SRI RAMAKRISHNA |
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| MADONNA AND JESUS |
‘One day Sri Ramakrishna was sitting in Jadu Mallick’s parlour. On the wall of the parlour hang a painting of Madonna and Child. He was looking intently at this picture and thinking about the extraordinary life of Jesus when he suddenly felt that the picture became living. Rays of light coming from the Mother and Child entered his heart and began to change radically the ideas stored there, Hindu conceptions were being chased into hiding and new thoughts were displacing them, In vain he struggled within himself, and prayed, ‘Mother, what strange changes are you bringing in me?’ His devotion to the gods and goddesses was eclipsed for the time being, and replaced by a great love for the Christ, while pictures of Christian priests and devotees performing worship filled his mind. Although Sri Ramakrishna returned to his room at Dhakshineswar, he remained absorbed in the new mood which had swept over him. He did not visit the Kali Temple on the morrow, or the next, or the next: the Divine Mother was forgotten.
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| JESUS CHRIST |
Near the end of the third day, as he was walking in the Panchavati he saw- evidently with his open eyes – a god man of fair complexion coming toward him with a steadfast look. Recognizing him as a foreigner, he saw that his eyes and face were beautiful; his nose was a little flat, but this appeared to be no blemish in that divine countenance. Sri Ramakrishna wondered who this was. The answer came from his heart, but in words loud enough that he described them as ‘ringing’: ‘Lord Jesus the Christ, the Master-Yogi, eternally one with God, who shed his heart’s blood for the deliverance of men! It is He!’ The figure embraced the Master and disappeared into his body, leaving the latter in ‘bhavasamadhi,’ at one with Saguna Brahman[Attribute Brahman] for some time.’ [Courtesy: Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master; Picture: jesuschristsaviour.net]
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