Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides deep insights into the life and personality of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa. Describing his family background and early life, it discusses at length his marriage with Sarada devi, his life-long celibacy, his devotion to Goddess Kali and his philosophy of Advaita. Taking a lose look at his teachings and methods of imparting them, it tries to interpret the spiritual experiences of Sri Ramakrishna of assimilating different religions and sects, indicating the great path of religions synthesis-acceptance of all religions and rejection of none. Dr. Dushyanta Pandya has a long association of over six decades with the Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Presently, he is the president of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Centre, Jamnagar. Earlier, he was the convener of the centre. He is also closely associated with Ramakrishna Jyot, a Gujarati monthly published by the Ramakrishna Ashram, Rajkot. Dr. Pandya has written a good number of books, including one on Montessori method of teaching. Also, he has translated several books of Swami Ranganathananda, Swami Jitatmananda and Swami Chetanananda into Gujarati, as well as fifty Gujarati poems of Umashankar Joshi into English. He is a recipient of Best Teacher's Award and Gujarat Sahitya Academy Award.
