Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa
A Psychological Profile
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1991
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-09478-9 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
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This study seeks answers to several questions hitherto ignored by most biographers of Rāmakṛṣṇa: what really accounted for his relentless admonitions against sex life? What made him think that he was god or avatār, that is, a divine incarnation? And finally, why and how did he convince people that he was divine?
In the entire corpus of Rāmakṛṣṇa research, carried out mostly by his disciples, devotes, and admirers, only a handful have attempted to analyze his divine reputation. Yet none has examined the Rāmakṛṣṇa phenomenon fully.
This is the first comprehensive psychoanalysis of Rāmakṛṣṇa's sexuality in general and his androgyny in particular, as well as a critical examination of his sermons samādhis. Instead of the popular paramahaṁsa there now emerges the less attractive but more authentic profile of an utterly selfish, capricious but highly intelligent spiritual master who elicited awed submission from everybody by his unpredictable and frenzied behaviour.
The author asserts that Rāmakṛṣṇa's spiritual odyssey is better explained as his desperate but successful effort to deal with his emotional and sexual crisis, rather than as the universally acknowledged outcome of a divine teleology. Attempting to distinguish the historical Rāmakṛsṇa from the godhead of hagiography, this study offers a challenging debate on mystic phenomenon.
In the entire corpus of Rāmakṛṣṇa research, carried out mostly by his disciples, devotes, and admirers, only a handful have attempted to analyze his divine reputation. Yet none has examined the Rāmakṛṣṇa phenomenon fully.
This is the first comprehensive psychoanalysis of Rāmakṛṣṇa's sexuality in general and his androgyny in particular, as well as a critical examination of his sermons samādhis. Instead of the popular paramahaṁsa there now emerges the less attractive but more authentic profile of an utterly selfish, capricious but highly intelligent spiritual master who elicited awed submission from everybody by his unpredictable and frenzied behaviour.
The author asserts that Rāmakṛṣṇa's spiritual odyssey is better explained as his desperate but successful effort to deal with his emotional and sexual crisis, rather than as the universally acknowledged outcome of a divine teleology. Attempting to distinguish the historical Rāmakṛsṇa from the godhead of hagiography, this study offers a challenging debate on mystic phenomenon.
Narasingha Prosad Sil, Ph.D., University of Oregon, is Associate Professor of History, Western Oregon State College. His publications include William Lord Herbert of Pembroke, c. 1507-1570: Politique and Patriot (1988) and Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra: A Comparative Study (1989), and numerous articles in European and English history and in political and educational philosophy in international journals.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.1991 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Brill's Indological Library ; 4 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 485 g |
| Einbandart | Leinen |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-09478-4 / 9004094784 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-09478-9 / 9789004094789 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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