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  1. Hindu sage, teacher, and mystic (one
  2. dedicated to achieving oneness with or a
  3. direct experience of God or some force beyond
  4. the normal world). Ramakrishna claimed that
  5. mystical experience was the ultimate aim of
  6. religions, and that all religions which led
  7. to this goal were equally valid.
  8. Ramakrishna's most important follower, Swami
  9. Vivekananda (1863-1902), set up the
  10. Ramakrishna Society 1887, which now has
  11. centres for education, welfare, and religious
  12. teaching throughout India and beyond.
  13.