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Perhaps the greatest mystic of modern India, Shri Ramakrishna (1836–1886) was a legend in his lifetime and is considered a divine incarnation by his followers. His ashram at Dakshineshwar, built on the site of what was once a Sufi dargah, developed into a commune of devotees.
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Christopher Isherwood, Ramakrishna and His Disciples (Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press, 1965), 167. From this point on, my account is based on this biography authorized by the Ramakrishna Mission. Isherwood, himself a devotee, based his narrative on the records of the Master’s life kept by two disciples: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by M (Mahendra Nath Gupta) (1907; New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1992), and Sri Ra-makrishna the Great Master by Swami Saradananda (1920; Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press, 1984). Numbers in parentheses refer to pages in Isherwood’s biography.
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Vanita, R. (2000). Shri Ramakrishna Paramahansa. In: Vanita, R., Kidwai, S. (eds) Same-Sex Love in India. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62183-5_29
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