"'I shall make the whole thing public before I go,' the Master has said some time before. On January 1, 1886, he felt better and came down to the garden for a little stroll. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon. Some thirty lay disciples were in the hall or sitting about under the trees. Sri Ramakrishna said to Girish (Ghosh), 'Well Girish, what have you seen in me, that you proclaim me before everybody as an Incarnation of God?' Girish was not the man to be taken by surprise. He knelt before the Master and said with folded hands, 'What can an insignificant person like myself say about the One whose glory even sages like Vyasa and Valmiki could not adequately measure?' The Master was profoundly moved. He said: 'What more shall I say? I bless you all. Be illumined!' He fell into a spiritual mood. Hearing these words the devotees, one and all, became overwhelmed with emotion. They rushed to him and fell at his feet. He touched them all, and each received an appropriate benediction. Each of them, at the touch of the Master, experienced ineffable bliss. Some laughed, some wept, some sat down to meditate, some began to pray. Some saw light, some had visions of their Chosen Ideals, and some felt within their bodies the rush of spiritual power." From the Introduction to THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA, by Swami Nikhilananda ========================== "Those words words of profound blessing, untouched by the slightest tinge of selfishness, directly entered the devotees' hearts where they raised high billows of bliss. They forgot time and space, forgot the disease of the Master and forgot their previous determination not to touch him till he recovered, and had the immediate feeling that sympathizing with their misery, and heart overflowing with compassion, had come down to them from heaven and called them affectionately to Him for protection, like a mother sheltering her children against all ills." From SRI RAMAKRISHNA, THE GREAT MASTER by Swami Saradananda

1. KALPATARU DIVAS & KALPATARU UTSAV
JANUARY 1, 2020

2. This garden house was sanctified by Sri Ramakrishna’s stay
with his disciples during the last few months of his life, as also
by his mahasamadhi. It was made a branch of Ramakrishna
Math in 1946. COSSIPORE GARDEN HOUSE

3. It was the 1st of January 1886. Thakur
Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa Deb
decided to go for a stroll in the garden
lawn as he was feeling fit after a spate
of illness. As it was not a working day,
his disciples started gathering in the
garden. When Thakur ultimately came
downstairs at 3pm, at least thirty
disciples has already gathered in the
hall and under the trees in the garden
gossiping with each other. Noticing him
coming towards them everyone stood
up with utmost reverence and greeted
him with folded hands as Thakur
descended the steps to the garden
crossing the west corridor of the hall
while everyone followed him at a
distance.

4. As he reached the center of the path
leading to the main gate from the building,
he noticed his disciples Girish, Ram, Atul
and others under the shade of a tree in the
west of the lawn. Noticing him, his disciples
too greeted him with reverence and came
to him. Before anyone could say anything,
Thakur himself asked Sri Girish
Chandra,"Girish you talk to so many people
about my incarnation, what have you seen
in me?" At this Sri Girish Chandra
answered promptly with his folded
hands and kneeling down at his
master's feet, "How can I comment on
somebody who has been an enigma to
the great sages like Viyas and Valmiki?"
The Master THAT DAY….

5. Overwhelmed at this simple and
innocent reply, Thakur addressed the
others present, " What more to tell
you, May you all be blessed with
spiritual awakening". Saying this,
Thakur passed into a trance. The
disciples one by one began taking his
blessings and touching his feet. In this
phase of trance Sri Ramakrishna
blessed his disciples by granting them
the holy sight of enlightenment.
Overawed at this experience, many of
his disciples were dumb founded and
began watching him with awe. Some
of them invited others to take his
blessings while others chanted hymns
and worshiped Thakur with flowers.

6. Some of Thakur's deciples like
Sri.Ramachandra Dutta, Saradananda
etc. described this incident as the
transformation of Thakur into a
KALPATARU

7. A Kalpataru, according to Indian
myth is a magical tree, which
grants anything a person desires
from it. It is also said that Sri
Ramakrishna took away the
diseases and miseries of certain
people by touching them on that
day. Now the Kalpataru utsav is
held at the Centres of RK
Mission & other organization
related with Sri Ramakrishna
The sage is remembered
through his teachings and
philosophy.
(Kalpataru Explanation in Internet Edition)Drawn by his western disciple Frank Dorak

8. The Imaginary Kalpataru Brikshya of Heaven as envisioned
by The Great Artist & Painter: Sri Nandalan Basu,
(Viswabharati,WB)

9. One similar incident of
Thakur’s entrance into
BhavaSamadhi at the
residence of his disciple
Balaram Basu, now
BALRAM MANDIR,
Bagbazar, Kolkata.
(A rare original photograph
of the Master indicating &
describing his oneness with
the God)

10. The Wish Full-filling Tree (KLAPATARU) and Sri
Ramakrishna is different. The Tree (as believed ), grants
all the wishes and dreams of man whatever asked for
(may be positive or negative wish).
He also said that one should be extremely careful when praying
to the Kalpataru. Read to one of Sri Ramakrishna' s story-
"On a hot summer day a traveller stopped under a shady tree
and lay down on the bare ground to rest a while. Looking up at
the sky, he wished he could be lying on a comfortable bed.
He did not know that he was lying under a magical tree that
made every thought come true. In no time a bed appeared and
he was lying on it. This is perfect, the traveller thought. Now all I
need is a maiden to give me company in this lonely place.

11. Poof! A beautiful young maiden immediately appeared before him. She
sat next to him, fanning him for his pleasure. Wow! the traveler
exclaimed, enjoying the cool breeze. The only thing that could make
things any better would be to have some food and drink to enjoy with
my lovely companion here.
As soon as he thought this, a wonderful feast lay before him. The
maiden served him the food and drink. Lying in bed eating grapes the
maiden fed him, the traveler thought, This is the peak of
happiness! Wouldn’t it just be awful if it all disappeared and a tiger
were to attack me instead?

12. No sooner had he thought this, than everything disappeared,
replaced by a ferocious tiger. Then and there tiger jumped
upon him and broke his neck and began to eat him."
This is the play of the mysterious wish feeling tree. Such is the
fate of men in this world. If during meditation you pray for
money, worldly things, your desires will be satisfied but
remember there is the dread of tiger behind every gift you
get."
(Courtesy : The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, by Mahendra Nath Gupta…M)

13. The BED from which the Great Master took his journey to
merge with the supreme power…
COSSIPORE GARDEN HOUSE

14. KALPATARU UTSAV Celebration in BELUR MATH
H.Q. of RAMAKRISHNA MISSION (Kolkata, WB)

15. Sri Ramakrishna Statue in Belur Math , Garva Mandir

16. PRANAM…
to the Greatest of all Incarnation
Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa
A bouquet of Flowers by Neeladeep Chakraborty, (VKV, TSK)
For Details Mail to : tinsukia@vkv.in