Today, 01st January has an importance in Dakshineshwar and Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's life.
The event commemorates the day on January 1, 1886 when Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is said to have revealed himself to be an Avatar on earth. It is held each January 1. The most significant celebration takes place at Cossipore Garden House or Udyanbati where Ramakrishna spent last days of his life. It is classified as one of the "Lord's special festivals" by followers of Ramakrishna.
Ramakrishna was suffering from throat cancer at that time, and his health was declining. He and his closest followers had moved to a garden house in the northern Calcutta neighbourhood of Cossipore. January 1 was a relatively good day for him, and he took a walk in the garden. There, he asked one of his followers, Girish, a question he had often asked before, "Who do you say that I am?" Girish responded that he believed that Ramakrishna was "God incarnate, come to Earth out of mercy for humankind".Ramakrishna replied, "What more shall I say? May you be awakened." Ramakrishna then entered an "ecstatic state" and began touching all of his followers. Those he touched reported experiencing a variety of new states of consciousness, including vivid visions. For one, Vaikuntha, the visions persisted and interfered with daily life, so that he feared that he might be going insane.
One disciple, Ramachandra Dutta, explained that Ramakrishna had, in effect become Kalpataru (also called Kalpavriksha), the "wish-fulfilling tree" of Sanskrit literature and Hindu mythology. Dutta named the commemoration of this mystical event "Kalpataru Day" as a result. This event "carried meanings and memories of cosmic import for the disciples" and also prepared them for Ramakrishna's death", which occurred only a few months later, on August 16, 1886.
It is interesting to note that none of Ramakrishna's monastic disciples were present during this event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpataru_Day
The event commemorates the day on January 1, 1886 when Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is said to have revealed himself to be an Avatar on earth. It is held each January 1. The most significant celebration takes place at Cossipore Garden House or Udyanbati where Ramakrishna spent last days of his life. It is classified as one of the "Lord's special festivals" by followers of Ramakrishna.
Ramakrishna was suffering from throat cancer at that time, and his health was declining. He and his closest followers had moved to a garden house in the northern Calcutta neighbourhood of Cossipore. January 1 was a relatively good day for him, and he took a walk in the garden. There, he asked one of his followers, Girish, a question he had often asked before, "Who do you say that I am?" Girish responded that he believed that Ramakrishna was "God incarnate, come to Earth out of mercy for humankind".Ramakrishna replied, "What more shall I say? May you be awakened." Ramakrishna then entered an "ecstatic state" and began touching all of his followers. Those he touched reported experiencing a variety of new states of consciousness, including vivid visions. For one, Vaikuntha, the visions persisted and interfered with daily life, so that he feared that he might be going insane.
One disciple, Ramachandra Dutta, explained that Ramakrishna had, in effect become Kalpataru (also called Kalpavriksha), the "wish-fulfilling tree" of Sanskrit literature and Hindu mythology. Dutta named the commemoration of this mystical event "Kalpataru Day" as a result. This event "carried meanings and memories of cosmic import for the disciples" and also prepared them for Ramakrishna's death", which occurred only a few months later, on August 16, 1886.
It is interesting to note that none of Ramakrishna's monastic disciples were present during this event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpataru_Day
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