How many types of tantric practices did Ramakrishna master?

Under her guidance, Ramakrishna went through sixty-four major tantric sadhanas which were completed in 1863.

Who gave the name Ramkrishna?

Tota Puri
During the 1860s he studied with a Bhairavi Brahmani, a wandering female ascetic who instructed him in the Tantras, then with a north Indian Vaishnava mystic, and finally with Tota Puri, a devotee of Shankaracharya. Tota Puri initiated Gadadhar into sanyas and gave him the name Ramakrishna.

What is the real name of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa?

Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
Ramakrishna/Full name

Who initiated Ramakrishna into Tantra?

According to the Bhairavi, Ramakrishna was experiencing phenomena that accompany mahabhava, the supreme attitude of loving devotion towards the divine, and quoting from the bhakti shastras, she said that other religious figures like Radha and Chaitanya had similar experiences. The Bhairavi initiated Ramakrishna into Tantra.

Who was Ramakrishna Paramhansa?

Ramakrishna Paramhansa received the monk-hood vows from his spiritual mentor Guru Tota Puri, who is known to have been an ardent devotee of the great Shankaracharya. Ramakrishna’s spiritual ideas espoused the teachings of the Bhakti, Tantra and those of the Advaita Vedanta religious traditions.

What are the spiritual ideas of Ramakrishna?

Ramakrishna’s spiritual ideas espoused the teachings of the Bhakti, Tantra and those of the Advaita Vedanta religious traditions. Keshab Chandra Sen was born in the year 1838 to a wealthy Hindu-upper caste zamindar family in Calcutta.

Why did Brahma Brahmins practice Tantra?

Bhairavi Brahmani is said to have reported that he was experiencing immaculate divinity due to his supreme love, devotion and oneness with God. Since she was well-versed in Gaudiya Vaishnavism and practiced Tantra, she made him take up Tantra as well. By 1863, he finished sixty four major tantric sadhanas.