Taste Buds of Bengali Saints : Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansadeb 🌺 #shriramakrishna lived over 50. While at #dakshineswar , the temple officials regularly sent his allotted breakfast, lunch, and supper. For breakfast he had a little #butter and #rockcandy from the Krishna temple and #fruits and #sweets from the #kalitemple . When the Master first came to Dakshineswar, he cooked his own food on the bank of the #ganges , and Hriday (nephew) helped him. Later he started taking Kali's cooked #prasad . The Master's supper was very simple. He ate a few pieces of #luchi (fried bread) and a little farina #pudding that had been offered to the Divine Mother at night. Ramkrishna Paramahansa was very fond of #sandesh and #jalebi #ranirashmoni always ordered two maunds of Bhim Nag-er sandesh on her way to Ma #bhabatarini Mandir. One for Ma Bhabatarini and the other for Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa. He enjoyed them and distributed the sweets among his disciples equally, saving just a few extra for his favorite disciple, Naren (Swami Vivekananda). Ramakrishna loved all foods, not just sweets. Perhaps he experienced the divine through his sense of taste. Not strange. As food went past his taste buds and entered his stomach a sense of joy radiated and filled his entire body. Sometimes he would walk out of a gathering of disciples, run to the kitchen, smell or taste what was ready and dart back. His wife, Ma Sarada, at times felt embarrassed wondering what people would think. But Ramakrishna was oblivious, for he knew that some mysterious power was in control and he was doing its bidding. He never talked about his weakness for food because he said he did not wish to attract a following of gluttons. Ramakrishna enjoyed food all his life, experienced great joy, and kept quiet about it. His followers reverently ignored his weakness. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EQQvNFbw7/?igshid=7a84jabf1iio
