Prakash Mondal
Volume-XI, Issue-III, April 2023
Volume-XI, Issue-III, April 2023 | ||
Published Online: 30.04.2023 | Page No: 175-180 | |||
Ramkrishna Paramhamsa Deva: A Strategic Character of Religious and Social Renaissance of India Prakash Mondal, State Aided College Teacher, Department of Philosophy, Katwa College, Katwa, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India | |
Renaissance is essentially an intellectual awakening. The most important sign of an intellectual awakening is criticism, a critical analysis and questioning of all the dogmas held hitherto in, different fields of knowledge such as metaphysical, social, economic and political, etc. The Renaissance thinkers questioned all old concepts and principles in this field. This was partly due to the intellectual influence of the west passed through Western education. It is noteworthy that most of the Renaissance thinkers were educated in the west. This gave them an opportunity to compare their own thought and social institutions with the thought and social institutions of the west. As a result of this comparison, they could on the one hand realize their low status and on the other hand understand its reasons. Therefore, naturally, they felt an urgent need of social reform. Examples of this class of thinkers can be found in Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Kesha Chandra Sen, Ramkrishna Paramhamsa Deva, Swami Vivekananda and Ram Tirtha among others. These were undoubtedly the first people to question the medieval thinking and practices in India. Ramkrishna Paramhamsa Deva is one of the prominent persons of them who implemented the renaissance by combining the traditions and culture of the East as well as the west. In this regard, I will try to highlight the aspects of Ramakrishna Paramhamsa Deva’s ceaseless work to Indian renaissance and its relevance to modern time also. | |
Keywords: Spiritual, tat tvam asi, renaissance, cultural, reconstruction, brahmanical caste and sudras. |