Rama Krishna's Reformation and his disciple: Vivekananda in India

Rama Krishna’s Reformation in 19th century created a tremendous change in the socio-religious life of India. Through the influence of various religions and cultures, Rama Krishna could present new didactics to the Indian society. Although his intellectual principles are rooted in Hinduism, his (and his disciples’) coherent intellectual system became a method to develop his thoughts in the contemporary world. Which attitude caused this reformation to have a universal dimension? By explaining two theories including monotheism and existential unity, he not only achieved the experience of the spiritual life, but also could make a new interpretation of the aspects of socio-religious life based on believing in all religions’ unified existence (religions’ unity) and the only truth (God), so that he recognized the divine love and kindness towards humans as the only way of men’s peace; and then his disciples developed his intellectual principles about theology, human, world and the Hereafter. In this article, we describe in a descriptive and analytical research, the ideas of the founders of this movement and we critique their similarities and differences.