Ramakrishna Paramahamsa united faiths through deep devotion. He practiced Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity—proving all paths lead to one Divine truth. Sri Ramakrishna was initiated into Vedantic meditation by Totapuri, a reputed monk who attained oneness with God after forty years of penance. Such was the devotion of Sri Ramakrishna that, to the amazement of his Guru, he attained in one day, what the Guru took forty years to achieve! In his very first sitting, he remained absorbed in the state of Samadhi or God-vision for three days! Ramakrishna Paramahamsa , born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya, was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious leader in 19th-century Bengal. Ramakrishna (born February 18, 1836, Hooghly [now Hugli], Bengal state, India—died August 16, 1886, Calcutta [now Kolkata]) was a Hindu mystic and priest whose teachings and religious thoughts inspired the founding of the Ramakrishna Order.
