Bengali spiritual board game
গোলকধাম
The Journey to Golok
Current player
P1
Player 1
Cell 1 · selected 1. Janmabhumi
Cowries
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Cast the cowries to begin the ascent from Janmabhumi.
চিতচিতচিতচিতচিতচিতচিত
The board as an idea
More than a race to the top
Golokdham begins at birth and moves through the many landscapes of life before entering increasingly subtle celestial realms. A cowrie throw may advance you, hold you back, return you to an earlier stage or unexpectedly open a passage far ahead.
“Does being further ahead necessarily mean being closer to the Goal?”
Sri Ramakrishna used Golokdham as an analogy for the uncertainty of apparent spiritual progress in October 1884.