12 RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS

12 RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS
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20.12.10

SRI RAMAKRISHNA’S VISION OF LORD SHIVA

SRI RAMAKRISHNA
LORD SHIVA
Once Sri Ramakrishna undertook  pilgrimage to Kasi, one of the most sacred places of Hindus. One day there he had an extraordinary vision of Lord Shiva while going in a boat in the Ganges.



About his wonderful vision Sri Ramakrishna described to his disciples later. He said: “I saw a tall, white person with tawny matted hair walking with solemn steps to each pyre in the [Manikarnika] burning- ghat, raising carefully every Jiva and imparting into his ear the Mantra of Supreme Brahman.


On the other side of the pyre, the all-powerful Mahakali was untying all the knots of bondage, gross, subtle and causal,of the Jivas, produced by past impressions, and sending them to the indivisible sphere by opening with Her own hands the door to liberation.

MANIKARNIKA GHAT
  
Thus did Visvanatha, the divine Lord of the Universe, endow the Jiva in an instant with the infinite Bliss of experiencing Non-duality, which ordinarily results from the practice of Yoga and austerity for many cycles. Thus did He bless the Jiva with the fulfillment of the highest object of life.” [Pictures:Courtesy:shuvashree.sulekh.com & islandcrisis.net]


  

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