Global Hindu Heritage Foundation is committed to transmitting the richness of Sanatana Dharma to youngsters through the depth and breadth of knowledge, the sacrifices of national heroes, the miracles of Maha Rishis, science and mathematics, and the importance of maintaining traditions and customs. We talk about the sacrifices of our national heroes who gave their lives to free India from the British, and the great saints who embody the enormous power of spirituality. 
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was born on February 18, 1836, in the village of Kamarpukur, about sixty miles north of Kolkata, to Kshudiram Chattopadhyaya and Chandramani Devi. As a child, Ramakrishna (his childhood name was Gadadhar) was dearly loved by the villagers. From early days, he was uninterested in formal education and worldly affairs. He was, however, a talented boy and could sing and paint well. He loved serving holy men and listening to their discourses. He was also often absorbed in spiritual moods. At the age of six, he experienced the first ecstasy while watching a flight of white cranes moving against the background of black clouds.
Worshipping His Wife
Ramakrishna married an eight-year-old Sharada.  In 1872, his wife Sarada, then nineteen, came from the village to meet him. He received her cordially and taught her household duties while he led an intensely spiritual life. One night he worshipped her as the Divine Mother in his room at the Dakshineswar temple. He considered her to be the incarnation of Tripura Sundari, worshiped her, and took her from the status of ‘wife’ to the highest level. That is why sexual desire did not arise in their married life. Their Family life coexisted as two minds, but not as two bodies.
Although Sarada continued to stay with him, they lived immaculately pure lives, and their marital relationship was purely spiritual. Sri Ramakrishna had been ordained a Sannyasin (Hindu monk), and he observed the basic vows of a monk to perfection. But outwardly he lived like a layman, humble, loving, and with childlike simplicity.   
Worshipped Mother Kali
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was a renowned mystic and saint who was deeply devoted to Mother Kali. His spiritual life and practices centered largely on the Goddess, whom he worshipped as the Divine Mother of the universe, and he often lived and served as a priest at the Kali Temple in Dakshineswar.   He began to look upon the image of the goddess Kali as his mother and the mother of the universe. He became seized by a desire to see Kali—a direct realization of her reality—and believed the stone image to be living and breathing, taking food from his hand. At times, he would weep bitterly and cry whenever he could not see his mother Kali as perfectly as he wished.
Narendra (Swami Vivekananda) meets Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
In early 1882, Narendranath went to meet Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar. There too, without much ado, he directly asked Ramakrishna—
Sir, have you seen God?
Ramakrishna smiled calmly, and then promptly replied without any hesitation— 
Yes, I have seen God. I see Him as I see you here, only more clearly. God can be seen. One can talk to him. But who cares for God? People shed torrents of tears for their wives, children, wealth, and property, but who weeps for the vision of God? If one cries sincerely for God, one can surely see Him. 
Hearing that, Narendra was astonished. For the first time, he was face to face with a man who asserted that he had seen God. For the first time, in fact, he was hearing that God could be seen. He felt Ramakrishna's words came from the depths of inner experience, without hesitation. Narendra did not doubt his words. This was the first time Narendranath met someone who could declare so easily that he had seen God. It was a new experience for Narendranath. 

Ramakrishna was open-minded and studied other religions thoroughly to understand the depth of Hinduism.  He blessed the hearts of all religions. After learning the method of attaining Nirvikalpa Samadhi from the religious gurus of Thotapuri and the process of attaining God-realization through devotion from virtuous Brahmins, the religious fire in him did not burn to the core. At the age of just eight years, Sarada, who came as Ramakrishna's life partner, considered her to be the incarnation of Tripura Sundari, worshiped her, and took her from the status of ‘wife’ to the highest level. That is why sexual desire did not arise in their married life. Their Family life coexisted as two minds, but not as two bodies.

On December 11, 1885, Ramakrishna suffered from a severe sore throat. That gradually turned into cancer. All the big doctors in Shampakoor tried and failed to treat him. Doctors advised him to maintain the strictest silence, but ignoring the advice, he incessantly conversed with visitors. But Ram Krishna did not agree to refrain from speaking. He could not refrain from talking to those who came to him. As his last days approached, he called Vivekananda and deposited his spiritual strength in him.  Before his death, it is reported that Ramakrishna said to Vivekananda, "Today I have given you my all and am now only a poor fakir, possessing nothing. By this power you will do immense good in the world and not until it is accomplished will you return to the absolute." It is reported that when Vivekananda doubted Ramakrishna's claim of avatara, Ramakrishna said, "He who was Rama, He who was Krishna, He himself is now Ramakrishna in this body." During his final days, Ramakrishna asked Vivekananda to care for the other monastic disciples and asked all the disciples to look upon Vivekananda as their leader.
On August 16, when the time of Divya Samadhi came, Vivekananda and 16 other disciples were present. 
Swami Vivekananda said, “His life is a searchlight of infinite power thrown upon the whole mass of Indian religious thought. He was the living commentary to the Vedas and to their aim. He had lived in one life the whole cycle of the national religious existence in India." 
Arnold Toynbee said, “Sri Ramakrishna manifested his uniqueness... His religious activity and experience were, in fact, comprehensive to a degree that had perhaps never before been attained by any other religious genius, in India or elsewhere."
Sri Aurobindo said, “His was the great super-conscious life which alone can witness to the infinitude of the current that bears us all oceanward. He is the proof of the Power behind us, and the future before us." 

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