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Ramakrishna's ''samādhi'' was an ecstasy-filled trance-like state that Indian mystic Ramakrishna used to undergo. Reportedly, he used have a fit over a period of many years until his death, and sometimes several times in a day.〔 〕 ==Description== During his trances, Ramakrishna reportedly become unconscious and sat in a fixed position for a short time, or for hours, and would then slowly return to normal consciousness. Popular myths claim that when he was in this condition, doctors could find no trace of pulse or heart beat. His disciples also believed that he had the power of inducing ''samādhi'' in others.〔 〕 Some claimed that these recurrent trances left his body extraordinarily sensitive and delicate.〔 〕 According to some biographers, Ramakrishna's trances were accompanied by reduction of respiration and heart-rate, high body temperature and tremor of the fingers. It is also claimed that after divine visions during this spiritual ''sadhana'', usually the next day, Ramakrishna used to feel intense pain, so he eventually used to resist the vision to avoid the pain.〔 Ramakrishna described his trances as a "limitless infinite, effulgent ocean of consciousness or spirit". During many occasions, he went into 'samadhi' after touching a woman. He himself once described that he feels repulsive towards women and if somehow he happens to touch one, his hand would feel sudden jerk or twitching in his body, accompanied by intense pain - "If a woman touches me I fall ill. That part of my body aches as if stung by a horned fish."〔THE MASTER'S LOVE FOR HIS DEVOTEES, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Vol. 2, Swami Nikhilananda〕 Ramakrishna's direct disciple Swami Saradananda mentioned in his much acclaimed biography 'Leelaprasanga' that his guru used to go into a trance by uttering the name of a woman's genital - "The private part of a woman’s body, the mere mention of which gives rise to only a disgusting feeling of lust in our sinful mind... many a times I have seen this weird godman going into a trance by uttering the name of that very thing."〔Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leelaprasanga (Bengali), Vol IV, Swami Saradananda, 1976, P. 71〕 In another chapter of Leelaprasanga, Saradananda mentioned that when Ramakrishna lived with his young wife, once he felt the feeling of lust and tried to get intimate with his wife, Sarada Devi. But the moment he touched her, he went into samadhi and remained into that state the entire night. As a young man, Ramakrishna experimented with different forms of religion including Islam and Tantra. He took his Tantra lessons from a Brahmin woman who made him eat human flesh from a funeral pyre and sit on the lap of a young naked woman. During both occasions, Ramakrishna went into samadhi and performed the taboo practices in a state of unconsciousness. During the later stage of his life, when he became famous as a spiritual guru among the young intellectuals of Bengal, often he was asked to perform his samadhi in front of educated men. Although he was reluctant to do so, at times he did perform this act as a display for skeptics and posed for photographs. He was known to go into trance at the touch of money too. Reportedly, his hand would twitch and he would feel excruciating pain. Once the coin is removed, he would return to normalcy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramakrishna's samadhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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