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Rebuttal to Hindu Ascetic Ramakrishna's Theory "Yata Mat Tata Path" - Part 2

In the Rebuttal of Part 1 , we have tried to show that Hindu Ascetic Ramakrishna's theory *Yata Mat Tata Path*(As many faiths, so many paths) does not say about the Ultimate One True Creator and so the ultimate goal -  "realization of Brahman" - is contradicted to Islamic theology. Here in this part, we are trying to show the other points below. ii. From where Ramakrishna knew about Islam? : In the Gospel of Ramakrishna, it is stated, "Toward the end of 1866 he began to practise the disciplines of Islam. **Under the direction of his Mussalman guru he abandoned himself to his new sadhana.** **He dressed as a Mussalman and repeated the name of Allah. His prayers took the form of the Islamic devotions. He forgot the Hindu gods and goddesses — even Kali — and gave up visiting the temples.** He took up his residence outside the temple precincts. After three days he saw the vision of a radiant figure, perhaps Mohammed. This figure gently approached him and finally...

Rebuttal to Hindu Ascetic Ramakrishna's Theory "Yata Mat Tata Path" - [Part 1]

Introduction: Hindus have often tried to pose the charming theory of their mystic personality "Ramakrishna Paramahamsa" which is *Yata Mat Tata Path* . It is a Bengali term **যত মত তত পথ** which means "As many faiths, so many paths" . => What does the theory say: The theory says that if you take any path like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and so on, you will at the end reach to the same goal. The theory invented by Ramakrishna was later preached by his most famous disciple Swami Vivekananda. In the website of " Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission" , it is stated like this way, "....Sri Ramakrishna recognized the differences among religions but showed that, **in spite of these differences, they lead to the same Ultimate Goal** . This is the meaning of his famous maxim, Yato mat, tato path, “As many faiths, so many paths”. Apart from this, Swami Vivekananda also held that the religions of the world are expression...