Question

Ramkrishna Mission:
A.Who was Ramkrishna Paramhamsa?
B.Who founded the Ramakrishna mission?
C.When and where was the parliament of religion held?
D.Who represented the Hindu religion at the parliament of religion?

Answer 1

Hint: Ramkrishna mission is a Hindu religious and spiritual movement organization that forms the center of a spiritual movement which popularly came to be known as the Vedanta Movement or the Ramakrishna Movement. This mission is named after and is inspired by the Indian saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

Complete answer:
A) Ramakrishna Paramhamsa was one of the most prominent religious figures during the 19th century. Ramkrishna Paramhansa was a yogi who translated difficult spiritual concepts into an easily intelligible manner.
B) The Ramakrishna mission was established by Swami Vivekananda. The society was founded near Calcutta by Vivekananda in the year 1897 with two main purposes
(i) First he wanted to spread the teachings of Vedanta embodied in the life of Saint Ramakrishna.
(ii) Second was to improve the social conditions of the Indian people.
C) In the year 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions was held with the Columbian Exposition in Chicago took place at the Permanent Memorial Art Palace, now it is known as the Art Institute of Chicago.
D) Swami Vivekananda represented India and also Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s religions, delegates from all over the world joined the session. He introduced Hinduism to America and also called for religious tolerance and an end to fanaticism. He defines religion and the realization as the one universal religion.

Note: Swamiji after many tests, started accepting Ramakrishna as his spiritual teacher. He remained with Ramakrishna till Ramkrishna’s death in the year 1885. Ramkrishna Paramhamsa suffered from throat cancer, his situation started deteriorating, and on 16th August,1886 he passed away at the Cossipore garden house.