Ramakrishna: Het aangezicht der stilte

by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Carolus Verhulst (Translator)

De gedachten van Ramakrishna zijn in het westen hoofdzakelijk bekend geworden door de geschriften van swami Vivekananda. Maar Mukerji is toch degene die door de sterk bewogen weergave van hetgeen hij van zijn leerlingen en volgelingen hoorde tijdens zijn tocht door het gebied waar Ramakrishna leefde en werkte, deze heilige voor ons doet leven. 'Niet door het heilig verklaren en vereren van bepaalde plaatsen, noch door het tot geloofsbelijdenis maken van zekere uitspraken, maar als mensen samenkomen om hun zielen te wekken en te bezielen, incarneert de waarheid van Ramakrishna,' schrijft hij.
Ramakrishna, de man die in stilte, zonder woorden met anderen kon praten en naar anderen kon luisteren. De man die de stilte toesprak en toezong en zo tot de zuiverheid van het zijn kwam.

Genres: Philosophy

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1926

About the author

Dhan Gopal Mukerji was an author of children's books. Born in a small village in India on July 6, 1890, he was passionate about bringing understanding of the Indian people and culture to American readers through his own unique brand of expressive and poetic language.

In 1936, the driven yet unhappy Dhan Gopal Mukerji took his own life, in New York City. He was forty-six years of age.

Dhan Gopal Mukerji's most enduring contribution to literature is "Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon". Written in 1927, the American Library Association awarded this book the 1928 John Newbery Medal.

Reviews

[Kawshal Tripathi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Life changing

Inspiring for spiritual process. Loved it. Indeed Sri Ramakrishna is the face of silence. Brief biography of Sri Ramakrishna by Swami Nikhilandana is awesome.

[Pariselvakumar Panneerselvam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is unique because it is written by a writer settled in the west rather than most books which are usually written by Sri Ramakrishna's disciples. In this book the author clearly delineates in his discussion with one of the swami's the difference between illumination, enlightenment and Samadhi. why a disciple need's a guru. the seven stages/valleys which a seeker needs to transcend to experience divinity is explained lucidly. when a seeker asks Sri Ramakrishna whether the seven valleys which a seeker crosses is the same for all seekers and sri Ramakrishna answers 'whether he is a Buddha or any other seeker everyone has to cross it to experience the final union with divine called samadhi'.

[Cherie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two different sections in this book, each written by the different author; this book is basically two different bios of Ramakrishna's life, but somehow it's not repetitive and still was interesting. Great read.

[Harshitha D · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written about a great man in a state of melancholy.

[Vijaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

A combination of two separate accounts (books) on Sri Ramakrishna - Swami Nikhilananda's biographical succinct account of the saint; The face of silence - Dhan Gopal Mukerji's gathering of legends verbally from various sources that were associated with the saint during his lifetime. Several new details which haven't been chronicled in other books are presented to the reader.