Ma`rifat Adyan

Religious experience is one of the key issues in the philosophy of religion, which has been discussed in recent centuries within the field of religious studies. Although this concept was first emphasized in modern Europe by Western thinkers, it gradually extended to other religious traditions as well. Among religious schools of thought, the Ramakrishna tradition, considered one of the reform movements of Hinduism, has gained attention, especially from contemporary thinkers and proponents of spirituality beyond religious boundaries, due to its emphasis on direct experience of divinity and universal access to it. Therefore, it seems essential to examine and critically analyze Ramakrishna's view on religious experience based on Islamic foundations. This research, using an analytical-critical approach, explores religious experience in the Ramakrishna tradition and demonstrates that aspects such as the infallibility of religious experience, functional evaluation, the equality of revelation and religious experience, the role and criteria of religious experience for sacred texts and religious claims, and the theory of divine manifestation in explaining the diversity of religious experiences face significant challenges from an Islamic perspective.