... Hinduism today. Ideas such as these have allowed Hinduism to stand the test of time and allow many different ways of thinking to be absorbed into Hinduism and therefore survive the wave of western influence. Ramakrishna from an early age became infatuated with the goddess Kali and had many visions of her. This affected his attitude towards all females. His relation with kali was a mother and son relationship, which he developed with his wife by taking a vow of chastity towards the end of his life. This helped to lift the social view of women considering them saintly and of religious significance rather than as a sexual object. For him, there was no one truth. It is the desire to want God that is most important, even more so than the practises of a particular religion. Ramakrishna's school of though allowed Hindu's to explore the more mystical and liberal ...

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