[Advaita-l] On Ramana

[Girish S V]

In Swami Vivekananda's own words, "If I have told you one word for truth,
it was his (Ramakrishna’s) and his alone, and if I have told you many
things which were not true, which were not correct, which were not
beneficial to the human race, they were all mine, and on me is the
responsibility." (Source:
https://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_3/lectures_from_colombo_to_almora/the_sages_of_india.htm
)

So a statement that "The "advaita vedanta" flavour that RKM dishes out
nowadays must be attributed to Swami Vivekananda and it does not have its
origin in Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa himself" seems to be flawed. Please
correct me if I am wrong and you have a source that states otherwise.

Also, perhaps it's just me,but calling it a "flavour that they are dishing
out" seems to be fairly condescending in my view.

Sincerely,
-G

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 3:00 PM Vasu Raghavan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> The "advaita vedanta" flavour that RKM dishes out nowadays must be
> attributed to Swami Vivekananda and it does not have its origin in Sri
> Ramakrishna Paramahamsa himself.
>
> In fact, the RKM as we know it today is an institution founded by Swami
> Vivekananda and a few other disciples of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
>
> With warm regards
>
>
> Vasudevan Raghavan
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 9:44 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, Girish S V via Advaita-l wrote:
> >
> > > You state " rAmakrishna paramahaMsa he can be an inspirational figure
> but
> > > not a traditional teacher"
> > > Can you please elaborate on why you think Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
> was
> > > not a traditional teacher?
> > >
> >
> > Perhaps Bhaskar is refering to an earlier conversation we had once where
> I
> > said that Ramakrishna was a traditional Bengali Tantrik.  Which is
> > similar to Advaita Vedanta to be sure but nothing like the full-blown
> > interpretation of Advaita Vedanta espoused by his followers in the
> > Ramakrishna Mission.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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