{"id":658,"date":"2010-02-18T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/02\/thinking-of-ramakrishna\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:07:19","slug":"thinking-of-ramakrishna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/02\/thinking-of-ramakrishna.html","title":{"rendered":"Thinking of Ramakrishna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The modern Hindu sage Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa<\/a> was born on this day in 1836.<\/p>\n

Through the British Expats Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard & Christopher Isherwood all of whom were inspired by the saint, my supposed dichotomies of Western faith\/atheism were shattered.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>While I would eventually land elsewhere, there is no doubt I owe Ramakrishna everything for my launch into the spiritual life.<\/p>\n<p>Endless bows!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-7039028155601212782?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The modern Hindu sage Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was born on this day in 1836. Through the British Expats Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard & Christopher Isherwood all of whom were inspired by the saint, my supposed dichotomies of Western faith\/atheism were shattered. 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