Ranjit Maharaj

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Ranjit Maharaj
Born(1913-01-04)4 January 1913
Died15 November 2000(2000-11-15) (aged 87)

Sri Ranjit Maharaj (4 January 1913 – 15 November 2000) was an Indian spiritual teacher in the Navnath Inchegeri Sampradaya tradition, and disciple of Siddharameshwar Maharaj.[1][2]

Biography[]

Ranjit Maharaj was born on 4 January, 1913.[3] In 1924, he met Siddharameshwar Maharaj. The following year he was initiated by Siddharameshwar Maharaj. In 1934, at the age of 21, he got initiated into monkhood. Only in 1983, at the age of 70, he initiated his first disciple, Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj's granddaughter-in-law.[3] Hereafter, he started to attract an international following. In 1996, he was invited to visit Germany, France and USA. In the following years, he visited these countries several times, and also the UK, Switzerland and Spain also, until 2000, when he died.[3]

Inchegeri Sampradaya[]

Inchegeri Sampradaya
Rishi Dattatreya [a]
Navnath, the nine founders of the Nath Sampradaya,[b][c]
Gahininath,[d] the 5th Navnath[e] Revananath, the 7th[f] or 8th[g] Navnath, also known as Kada Siddha[h] Siddhagiri Math[i][j] c.q. Kaneri Math (est. 7th[k] or 14th century[l];
Lingayat Parampara[m] c.q. Kaadasiddheshwar Parampara[n]
Nivruttinath, Dnyaneshwar's brother[o]
Dnyaneshwar[p] (1275–1296)
also known as Sant Jñāneshwar or Jñanadeva[q]
and as Kadasiddha[r] or Kad-Siddheshwar Maharaj[s]

Different accounts:
Kadasiddha,[t] also called "Almighty "Kadsiddeshwar",[u] who appeared as a vision to Sri Gurulingajangam Maharaj[v]
or
The 22nd[citation needed] or 24th[w] Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj, who initiated Sri Gurulingajangam Maharaj[x]
or
"The 25th generation of the kadsiddha at siddhagiri had then initiated Guruling jangam maharaj of nimbargi."[y]
or
"Juangam Maharaj" c.q. "a yogi [at Siddhagiri] who gave [Nimabargi Maharaj] a mantra and told him to meditate regularly on it"[z]

1 Nimbargi Maharaj (1789–1875)
also known as Guru Lingam-Jangam Maharaj [aa][ab][ac] 		23rd Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj[citation needed]
2 Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj Umdikar[ad][ae] (1843 Umdi – 1914 Inchgiri[af]) 24th Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj[citation needed]
3 H.H. Shri Amburao Maharaj of Jigjivani

(1857 Jigajevani – 1933 Inchgiri)[ag][ah]

Shivalingavva Akka (1867–1930)[ai] Girimalleshwar Maharaj[aj][ak] Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj (1875–1936)[al][am] 25th Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj[citation needed]
4 H.H. Shri Gurudev Ranade of Nimbal (1886–1957) [an][ao][ap][aq][ar] Balkrishna Maharaj[as] Shri Aujekar Laxman Maharaj[at] Madhavananda Prabhuji
(d. 25th May, 1980)[au] 		Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981)[av]
  • Sri Ranjit Maharaj (1913–2000) [aw][ax][ay][az]
  • Sri Ganapatrao Maharaj Kannur (1909–2004)[ba]
  • Shri Vilasanand Maharaj (1909–1993)[citation needed]
  • Shri Ranachhodray Maharaj, Baitkhol Karwar[citation needed]
 26th Shri Muppin Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj (1905–2001)

Student of Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj[bb]

5 H.H Shri Gurudev Chandra Bhanu Pathak[bc] Bhausaheb Maharaj (Nandeshwar)[bd] Shri Nagnath Alli Maharaj[be] 27th head: H.H. Adrushya Kadsiddheshwar Swamiji[bw] H. H. Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Shree Swami Narendracharyaji Maharaj[bx]
Notes for table

Notes

  1. ^ Frydman 1987
  2. ^ Boucher
  3. ^ Frydman 1987
  4. ^ Dnyaneshwar
  5. ^ Frydman 1987
  6. ^ Frydman 1987
  7. ^ Boucher
  8. ^ Kada Siddha (website Ranade Maharaj
  9. ^ Kada Siddha (website Ranade Maharaj)
  10. ^ Siddhagiri Math
  11. ^ Siddhagiri Math (website Shri Kshetra Siddhagiri Math, Kaneri)
  12. ^ Siddhagiri Math (Gramjivan Museum)
  13. ^ Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj (website Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj)
  14. ^ Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj Parampara
  15. ^ Dnyaneshwar
  16. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  17. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  18. ^ Frydman 1987
  19. ^ Boucher
  20. ^ Frydman 1987
  21. ^ Ranjit Maharaj Timeline
  22. ^ Ranjit Maharaj Timeline
  23. ^ Siddhagiri Math (website siddhagirimath.org)
  24. ^ Siddhagiri Math (website siddhagirimath.org)
  25. ^ Kada Siddha (website Balkrushna Maharaj)
  26. ^ Boucher
  27. ^ Boucher
  28. ^ Nimbargi Maharj (website Ranade Maharaj
  29. ^ Frydman 1987
  30. ^ Boucher
  31. ^ Bhausaheb Maharaj (website Ganapatrao Maharj)
  32. ^ Bhausaheb Maharaj (website Ranade Maharaj)
  33. ^ Amburao Maharaj (website Ranade Maharaj)
  34. ^ Frydman 1987
  35. ^ Shivalingavva Akka (website Ranade Maharaj)
  36. ^ Frydman 1987
  37. ^ Girimalleshwar Maharaj (website Balkrushnamauli Maharaj)
  38. ^ Boucher
  39. ^ Frydman 1987
  40. ^ Amburao Maharaj Maharj (website Ranade Maharaj)
  41. ^ Ranade Maharaj (website Ranade Maharaj)
  42. ^ Boucher
  43. ^ Frydman 1987
  44. ^ Ranade Maharj (website Bridge-India)
  45. ^ Balkrishna Maharaj (website Balkrishna Maharaj)
  46. ^ Nagnath Alli Maharaj (website)
  47. ^ Madhavananda Prabhuji (website gurusfeet.com)
  48. ^ Boucher
  49. ^ Boucher
  50. ^ Ranjit Maharaj (website Ranjit Maharaj)
  51. ^ Ranjit Maharaj Interview
  52. ^ Ranjit Maharaj Satsang
  53. ^ Bhausaheb Maharaj (website Ganapatrao Maharaj)
  54. ^ Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj (website Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj)
  55. ^ Ranjit Maharaj (website Angelfire)
  56. ^ Bhausaheb Maharaj (Nandeshwar) (website Balkrishna Maharaj)
  57. ^ Nagnath Alli Maharaj (website Nagnath Alli Maharaj)
  58. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  59. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  60. ^ Gautam Sachdeva
  61. ^ Ramakant Maharj (website Ramakant Maharaj)
  62. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  63. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  64. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  65. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  66. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  67. ^ Jean Dunn (website Ed Muzika)
  68. ^ Jean Dunn (website Ngeton)
  69. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  70. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  71. ^ Sailor Bob Adamson (website Sailor Bob Adamson)
  72. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  73. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  74. ^ Nisargadatta Maharaj Disciples
  75. ^ Siddhagiri Math – History (website siddhagirimath.org
  76. ^ Narendracharyaji Maharaj (website Narendracharyaji Maharaj)

Sources

  • Boucher, Cathy (2002), The Lineage of Nine Gurus. The Navnath Sampradaya and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
  • Frydman, Maurice (1987), Navanath Sampradaya. In: I Am That. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Bombay: Chetana

Websites

Ranjit Maharaj belongs to the Inchegiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers belonging to the Navnath tradition. Ranjit was responsible for instigating the translation, printing and publication into the English language of the spiritual classic, "Master of Self Realization" (Adhyatma nynacha Yogeshwar), that are the utterances of His Guru Siddharameshwar Maharaj. These utterances had been recorded by Ranjit's fellow devotee Nisargadatta Maharaj before Nisargadatta's realization.

Publications[]

  • The Way Of The Bird
  • Illusion v. Reality (2011), Sadguru Publishing. ISBN 9780615156033.
  • My Masters voice : Edited by Linda Flames, Compiled by : Murli Raghvan and Translated by Sachin Kshirsagar , Marathi Version Name : Mazya Sadgurunchi Amrutwani

References[]

  1. ^ Chryssides, George D. (2012). Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6194-7.
  2. ^ Jensen, Stephen (1 September 2000). It's All about Love: How to Have a Better Life. iUniverse. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-595-12398-8.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "|| Shri Ranjit Maharaj ||". sadguru.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

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