Ram Thakur

Ram Thakur (Bengali: শ্রীশ্রী রামঠাকুর ) (2 February 1860 - 1 May 1949) born Ram Chandra Chakraborty (Bengali: শ্রী রাম চন্দ্র চক্রবর্তী), was a great & famous spiritual master & guide of divine stature happened to be known primarily in the region of undivided Bengal of India before the partition. Among the several saints who descended in Bengal in the 19th century Sri Sri Ram Thakur was one with great distinction. His disciples believe that to save and salvage human beings from the unending and unbearable pains and misery, injustice and corruption of the materialistic world, the almighty god comes in human form to this world from time to time. The Savior shows the right path to set them free from their predicament. They also believe that the savior by his/her divine love and by demonstrating the ideal way of life, he/she uplifts the ordinary human folk to extraordinary level of spiritual enlightenment and God-consciousness. For the disciples of Ram Thakur, he is their savior.

Thakur's followers believe that he was an Avatar or incarnation of God. He is their most revered " Kaivalyanath" or " Satyanarayan". According to their belief he took the human form for the spiritual uplift of all irrespective of religion, caste and class. A considerable section of his followers were the so-called 'untouchables' and people of other religions (Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist etc.). Most of them were drawn towards him fascinated by his magnetic divine personality, his magnanimity & affection for all and also by his pleasant personality. Sri Sri Ramthakur didn't supported any one particular religion infact He was a staunch believer in the religion of Humanity and that was the main reason that He had disciples from both the Hindu & Muslim communities of the undivided Bengal of India. Infact, His very first disciple from the present Bangladesh was Sadhu Cherag Ali who was a muslim & who was initiated by Sri Sri Thakur with the holy name of Allah. Similarly, the hindu disciples were being initiated by the holy names of their respective hindu Dieties. Thakur said in “Vedavani “ that nothing will remain only “Naam” will be there. He insisted that to patiently take Naam is the only path. Naam is like a small dot in a circle, in the initial stages. Gradually by continuous (“Ananyacheta”) remembering of Naam the dot becomes bigger. Naam is the living God. He always insisted to bear with patience one's destiny and to perform one's duty towards his family and remember the holy Naam of God in all his deeds.


He said that to attain "Brahma", the supreme being, requires a lot of perseverance and practice of the ways and means demonstrated by a great soul. Renunciation of Samsara (material world) is not the only path to realize the Self. God-consciousness may be achieved by chanting of Maha-Nama within this mundane world by means of hard work without attachment.

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