PHILOSOPHER

Ramakrishna

1836 - 1886

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Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahansa (Bengali: রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, romanized: Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; pronounced [ramɔkriʂno pɔromoɦɔŋʃo] ; IAST: Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhay, was an Indian Hindu mystic. He was a devotee of the goddess Kali, but adhered to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantric Shaktism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Christianity and Islam. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". He is regarded by his followers as an avatar (divine incarnation). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ramakrishna is the 59th most popular philosopher (up from 75th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from India and the 3rd most popular Indian Philosopher.

Ramakrishna is most famous for his teachings about the unity of all religions. He believed that all religions have the same goal, which is to help people find the truth.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ramakrishna ranks 59 out of 1,267. Before him are Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Mikhail Bakunin, Henri Bergson, Plotinus, and Karl Popper. After him are Zeno of Elea, Zhuang Zhou, Epictetus, Thomas More, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Zhu Xi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Ramakrishna ranks 1. After him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Léo Delibes, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Sakamoto Ryōma, Sophia of Nassau, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Henri Fantin-Latour, Ferdinand Cheval, Marie Henriette of Austria, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Among people deceased in 1886, Ramakrishna ranks 3. Before him are Emily Dickinson, and Franz Liszt. After him are Ludwig II of Bavaria, Leopold von Ranke, Chester A. Arthur, John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Asher Brown Durand, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Ilya Ulyanov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ramakrishna ranks 12 out of 1,861. Before him are Ashoka (-304), Rajneesh (1931), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Kālidāsa (400), and Vallabhbhai Patel (1875). After him are Pratibha Patil (1934), Mahavira (-599), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), Droupadi Murmu (1958), and Nagarjuna (150).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Ramakrishna ranks 3. Before him are Rajneesh (1931), and Swami Vivekananda (1863). After him are Nagarjuna (150), Padmasambhava (717), Buddhaghosa (401), Adi Shankara (788), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Kabir (1440), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), and Aśvaghoṣa (80).

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