{ "book_metadata": { "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials", "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose", "publisher": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge", "published_on": "2011" }, "chunks": [ { "chunk_index": 1, "chapter_name": "c.1886. Sri Rama Krishna’s Vision of Christ", "page_numbers": [ 237 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00261-a575b8e3a355fdf39236.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Ramakrishna’s Vision of Christ", "chunk_data": "128. SRI RAMAKRISHNA'S VISION OF CHRIST (c. 1886 A.D.) The following passage describes the Hindu reformer, Ramakrishna's vision of Christ. Though it is not known precisely when he had this experience (he lived from 1836-1886), it was probably near the end of his life. From Swami Jagadananda (transl.), Sri Ramakrishna the Great Master, pp. 295-296.", "time": { "start_year": 1886, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1886, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "c. 1886 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Sri Ramakrishna", "Swami Jagadananda" ], "places": [], "event": "Introduction to Sri Ramakrishna's reported vision of Christ near the end of his life.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Vision", "Christianity" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 2, "chapter_name": "c.1886. Sri Rama Krishna’s Vision of Christ", "page_numbers": [ 237, 238 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00261-a575b8e3a355fdf39236.webp", "raw\\pages\\00262-59f24690790f468aacc6.webp" ], "chunk_title": "The Picture of Child Jesus", "chunk_data": "But, a year after, the mind of the Master again looked forward to the vision of the divine Mother through another path. He had by that time become acquainted with Sambhuchandra Mallick who read the Bible to him. Thus he came to know of the pure life of Jesus and the faith he founded. Scarcely had that desire arisen in his mind when the divine Mother fulfilled it in a marvellous way and blessed him. He had, therefore, no need to make any special effort for it. The event happened thus: The garden house of Jadunath Mallick is situated to the south of the Kali temple at Dakshineswar; the Master used to go there now and then for a walk. Jadunath and his mother had great devotion to the Master from the time they had seen him. Therefore, even if they were not present in the garden at the time of the Master's walk there, the officers would open the door of the parlour and ask him to sit and rest there for some time. There were some good pictures hanging from the walls of that room. One of those pictures was that of the child Jesus in his mother's lap. The Master used to say that he sat one day in that parlour and was looking intently on that picture and thinking of the extraordinary life of Jesus, when he felt as if the picture came to life and effulgent rays of light, coming out from the bodies of the mother and the child, entered into his heart and changed radically all the ideas of his mind! On finding that all the inborn Hindu impressions disappeared into a secluded corner of his mind and that different ones arose in it, he tried in various ways to control himself and prayed earnestly to the divine Mother, What strange changes art Thou bringing about in me, Mother? But nothing availed. Rising with a force, the waves of those impressions completely submerged the Hindu ideas in his mind. His love and devotion to the Devas and Devis vanished, and in their stead, a great faith in and reverence for Jesus and his religion occupied his mind, and began to show him Christian padres offering incense and light before the image of Jesus in the Church and to reveal to him the eagerness of their hearts in the form of imploring prayers. The Master came back to Dakshineswar temple and remained constantly absorbed in the meditation of those inner happenings. He forgot altogether to go to the temple of the divine Mother and pay obeisance to Her. The waves of those ideas had mastery over his mind in that manner for three days. At last, when the third day was about to close, the Master saw, while walking under the Panchavati, that a marvellous god-man of very fair complexion was coming towards him, looking steadfastly at him. As soon as the Master saw that person, he knew that he was a foreigner. He saw that his long eyes had produced a wonderful beauty in his face, and the tip of his nose, though a little flat, did not at all impair that beauty. The Master was charmed to see the extraordinary divine expression of that handsome face, and wondered who he was. Very soon the person approached him and from the bottom of the Master's pure heart came out the words with ringing sound, Jesus! Jesus the Christ, the great Yogi, the loving Son of God and one with the Father, who gave his heart's blood and put up with endless torture in order to deliver men from sorrow and misery! Jesus, the god-man, then embraced the Master and disappeared into the body and the Master entered into ecstasy, lost normal consciousness and remained identified for some time with the Omnipresent Brahman with attributes. Having thus attained the visions of Jesus, the Master became free from the slightest doubt about his being an incarnation of God.", "time": { "start_year": 1886, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1886, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "c. 1886 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Sri Ramakrishna", "Sambhuchandra Mallick", "Jadunath Mallick", "Jesus Christ" ], "places": [ "Dakshineswar", "Kali Temple", "Panchavati" ], "event": "Sri Ramakrishna viewed a picture of the child Jesus, experienced a transformation of his religious consciousness, and saw Jesus embrace him and disappear into his body.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Vision", "Christianity" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 3, "chapter_name": "c.1886. Sri Rama Krishna’s Vision of Christ", "page_numbers": [ 238 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00262-59f24690790f468aacc6.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Ramakrishna Describes Jesus", "chunk_data": "When we were visiting the Master long after this event, one day he raised the topic of Jesus and said, 'Well, boys, you have read the Bible; can you tell me what is written in it about the physical features of Jesus? How did he look?' We said, 'Sir, we have not seen it written in the Bible anywhere; but born a Jew, he must have been very fair in complexion with long eyes and aquiline nose to be sure.' Told so, the Master said, 'But I saw that the tip of", "time": { "start_year": 1886, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1886, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "c. 1886 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Sri Ramakrishna", "Jesus Christ" ], "places": [], "event": "Sri Ramakrishna discussed Jesus's physical appearance with visitors and began describing what he had seen.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Christianity", "Testimony" ] } } ] }