Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Sri Ramakrishna's first experience of Samadhi


"When I was ten or eleven years old and lived at Kamarpukur, I first experienced samadhi. As I was passing through a paddy-field, I saw something and was overwhelmed. There are certain characteristics of God-vision. One sees light, feels joy, and experiences the upsurge of a great current in one's chest, like the bursting of a rocket."

Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

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