Buddha's Doctrines

M. (to Narendra): "What are the doctrines of Buddha?" 

NARENDRA: "He could not express in words what he had realized by his tapasya. So people say he was an atheist." 

MASTER (by signs): "Why atheist? He was not an atheist. He simply could not express his inner experiences in words. 

Do you know what 'Buddha' means? It is to become one with Bodha, Pure Intelligence, by meditating on That which is of the nature of Pure Intelligence; it is to become Pure Intelligence Itself." 

- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 947 

                             (09 April 1886 at Cassipore Garden House)