Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, one of the greatest saints of the modern era, was born into a brahmin family in the tiny village of Kamarpukur in Bengal in 1836. As he entered young adulthood, he was handed a plum of a job. He would be a priest at the new temple complex in Howrah, on the opposite bank of the Ganges directly across from Calcutta.
Ramakrishna soon distinguished himself as a saint of the highest order. He was able to spontaneously enter high states of consciousnesses it usually took yogis a lifetime to master. His ecstatic devotion to the goddess Kali chanted visitors and soon created a community of disciples who loved to be near the Goddess-intoxicated master.
Then a disaster of unimaginable proportions occurred. Ramakrishna converted to Islam! During a conversation with a Sufi who had come to see the temple, Ramakrishna was so impressed by the beautiful teachings at the heart of Islam that he decided, " Islam is also a way to reach God. I must practice this path".
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