Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami Vivekananda to regenerate Indian society:

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⭐ Ramakrishna was a simple priest of Dakshineswar near Kolkata.
⭐He emphasised the spiritual Union with God through ecstatic practices such as singing bhajans.
⭐He declared that the manifestations of the divine mother was infinite.

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Ramakrishna Mission:

🔅 Ramakrishna’s primary achievement was his ability to attract educated youth who were dissatisfied with the rational orientation of religious reform organizations such as the Brahmin Samaj.
🔅After his death in 1886, his discipline undertook the task of making his life and teaching known in India and abroad.
🔅Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission which was actively involved in social cause such as education, health care and relief in times of calamities.

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Swami Vivekananda:

🔅Swami Vivekananda, was the prime follower of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
🔅Dissatisfied with conventional philosophical positions and practices, he advocated the practical Vedanta of service to humanity.
🔅He attacked the tendency to defend every institution simply because it was connected with religion.
🔅He emphasized a cultural nationalism and made a call to Indian youth to regenerate Hindu Society.

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🔅His ideas bred a sense of self – confidence among Indians who felt like inferior in relation to the materialist achievement of the West.
🔅He was condemned by orthodox Hindus for suggesting that the lower castes should be allowed to engage in the Hindu ritual from which they were traditionally excluded.
🔅Vivekananda’s activist ideology rekindled the desire for political change among many Western – education young Bengalis.
🔅Many of the youths who were involved in the militant nationalist struggle during the Swadeshi movement following the Partition of Bengal were inspired by Vivekananda.

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