Sant ramdas

Samarth Ramdas motivated the people to believe in themselves. He suggested aiming for self-realization (or Freedom) through self-actualization. His teachings included the combination of devotion and meditation with the worldly powers for individual transformation. Samarth Ramdas stressed more on the equality of all human beings. He encouraged women to take up key roles and triggered the confidence to participate in religious events. He worked to bring about equality in gender and caste equality. Samarth Ramdas was insisting on physical fitness. He has a well built physical body and used to exercise regularly. Samarth Ramdas lost his Father at the age of 8. This made him to turn introvert and engrossed in the thoughts of Lord Rama. At the age of 12, Lord Rama himself appeared before Samarth Ramdas and suggested him to chant the Rama Taraka Mantra. The Rama Taraka Mantra was to be chanted 108 times every day at least once. Upon lord Rama’s suggestion, Samarth Ramdas started chanting the mantra regularly. It is said that he has had uttered Rama’s name 13,00,00,00,000 (13 crores) times in these 12 years. Lord Rama then accepted Samarth Ramdas as a disciple and named him Ramdas. Ram – Lord Shri Ram, Das – Devotee. Before that, he was called by the name Narayan Suryaji Thosar. Along with this, Lord Rama gave him the 8 powers (Eight Siddhis – Spiritual Powers) too. For more information on the Spiritual Practices, do check out: Source: START YOUR SPIRITUAL SADHANA TODAY! Want to l...

Samartha Ramdas was the pole star in the galaxy of saints that India has ever produced. Most famously known as Sant Ramdas, he was intensely devoted to Lord Rama. A contemporary of Shivaji and Sambhaji Maharaj, he was a saint, philosopher, poet, author, spiritual stalwart and many more roles rolled into one. Ramdas was a fiery saint with a warlike ideals and Shivaji Maharaj was a warrior with saintly ideals. Both had not met till sometime, despite having worked in the same dharmic and socio cultural arena. Finally, when they met, it was Shivaji who sought guidance on both military strategies on the worldly level and spiritual wisdom on a paranormal level from Sant Ramdas. Here is how it happened. Shivaji being a king, naturally knew about Sant Ramdas through several informants. One fine day, burning curiousity overpowered him and he left to Kondhaval to meet him. Despite sincere efforts, Shivaji Maharaj failed to get a darshan of Ramdas and days passed in fervent anticipation. Unable to take it anymore, Shivaji decided to pray to Bhavani Devi to allow him a darshan of Sant Ramdas, visited the temple, prayed, and stayed overnight there. That night, in his dream, Sant Ramdas appeared, blessed him by placing his hands on Shivaji's head and then disappeared. Shivaji saw a coconut on his palm the next morning when he woke up. It was a clear blessing from Sant Ramdas and Shivaji knew that he had found his spiritual master. Later, after several conquests and victories in battles,...

Died 25 July 1963 (1963-07-25) (aged79) Swami Ramdas ( स्वामी रामदास, Svāmī Rāmadāsa, born Vittal Rao on 10 April 1884) was an Indian In Quest of God (1925). Biography [ ] Early life: 1884-1922 [ ] Swami Ramdas was born as Vittal Rao in King John), Vittal joined a course in drawing and engraving at the Vittal Rao was now expected to marry, and within a few months of his finding a job, his parents had found a bride for him. He married Umabai (renamed 'Rukmabai' upon her marriage according to the custom of the Ram Mantra: " Sri Ram jai Ram jai jai Ram" and assured him that the constant chanting of this mantra would give him eternal happiness. Vittal Rao felt inspired to add " Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram" all through his waking hours. He was also deeply influenced by the teachings of Young India and Ethical Religion. Renunciation and the quest for God: 1922-23 [ ] Vittal Rao soon lost all interest in the material world. He left home on the night of 27 December 1922 after writing a farewell letter to his wife. After visiting various centres of Hindu pilgrimage in Tamil Nadu including Swami Ramdas spent the following months visiting centres of pilgrimage all over India, including In Quest of God. Further travels: 1923-1928 [ ] In his book In the Vision of God Swami Ramdas describes attaining the For two years from the time of the significant change which had come over him, Ramdas had been prepared to enter into the very depths of his being for the realization of the immutabl...

Samarth Guru Ramdas Swami took samadhi on Falgun Krishna Navami. This day is celebrated by his followers across the country as 'Das Navami' festival. He spent the last time of his life at the fort of Parli near Satara in Maharashtra. Since then this fort was named Sajjangarh and his tomb is also located there. This year the death anniversary of and time His childhood name was Ramdas used to do a lot of mischief in his childhood. Often people used to come to his mother with complaints. Once upon a time, when her mother Ranubai got very upset after hearing people's complaints, she scolded him and said that how much your brother cares about the family of this house and you keep doing mischieves all day. Because of this Narayan became very upset. He sat down in a corner of the house and took samadhi. When he came out after two/three days, on being asked, the boy Narayan told that the he was thinking about the whole world. After that he left home and took sanyasa. Chhatrapati Shivaji was very impressed with him and used to take his advice in every work. He had taken education of Hinduism from Samarth Ramdas was the only saint in Maharashtra who emphasized the importance of worship of strength and the power of worship.

The guru of Shivaji Maharaj, Sant Ramdas né Ramdas Swami, or simply Ramdas, in his teachings advocated a combination of devotion, meditation and military training. Like many of his contemporaries, he did not believe in pacifism but social, political and martial activism. Even saints and other renunciants, according to him, should not withdraw from society or become indifferent to their environment and surroundings, but positively engage in reforming the lived life of the members of the society actively and, if necessary, even take to violence for its moral transformation. He preached activism for both the saints and the laity and upheld the view that laziness leads to temporary ephemeral pleasures but hard work leads to perennial happiness. He encouraged the youth to individually and collectively revolt against the prevalent ills in the society, oppressors, aggressors and looters. He cajoled them to exercise regularly and become physically strong, as the weak are incapable of purging the evils from society. He argued that only the strong and those with a fighting spirit would be able to establish the rule of dharma or righteousness. They alone can perform their duty towards society, its culture and values, and gladly accept martyrdom if need be. The aim of the army of such a youth would be to establish a free and independent society, ‘not for narrow selfish individual gains but for upholding the moral and spiritual principles of society’. These radical teachings were based...

Samarth Ramdas Samarth Ramdas (1608-1681) was a saint and a famous poet of Maharashtra. He has written various famous poems. Ramdas was an ardent devotee of Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman. His birth name was Narayan Suryaji Thosar. He was born in a village in Jalna district, Maharashtra in a Brahmin family. R E L A T E D • • • It is believed that due to his sincere devotion, Lord Rama has appeared before him and blessed him. From then onwards he was called as “RAMDAS”. At a younger age, he went to the holy city, Nasik, and started worshipping Lord Rama for many years. He travelled throughout India and spread Ram Bhakti, and inculcated the chanting of the holy Rama Mantra “JAI SREE RAM” amongst the people. He had established Hanuman temples all over India. He started the Shree Samarth religious sect for spiritual purpose. It is believed that Ramdas met the Sikh Guru Hargobind at Srinagar. He got the Darshan of Shree Dattatreya in Mahurgad. SOME OF HIS FAMOUS WRITINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Dasbodha 2. Karunashtakas 3. Sunderkand 4. Poorvarambh 5. Antarbhav 6. Atmaram 7. Chaturthman His writings were very simple and it was well appreciated by the people. TEACHINGS Samarth Ramdas has asked the people to be active in their work, and to work hard, and to be honest among others. He asked the people to be strong in their mind and in their body, in order to run their life in a proper manner. He asked the men to treat the women in a good manner, and to give them their own rights in order t...

Contents • • • • Who was Samarth Ramdas? Samarth Ramdas was also known as Sant (saint) Ramdas or Ramdas Swami. He was an Indian Marathi Hindu saint, poet, philosopher, writer and spiritual master. He was a devotee of Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman. He was previously famous as Narayan. Where was he born? He was born at Jamb, which is a village in present-day Jalna district of Maharashtra. He was born on the occasion of Rama Navami, in 1608. He was born to Suryajipanta and Ranubai Thosar, into a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family. His father was a devotee of Surya. His father died when Narayan was aged around seven years. His Works Ramdas had written several literatures during his lifetime. His literary works include Karunashtakas, Dasbodh, Yuddhakand, Sunderkand, Poorvarambh, Antarbhav, Chaturthman, Aatmaaram, Panchman, Panchsamasi, Manpanchak, Janaswabhawgosavi, etc. Ramdas is not deemed a pacifist. His writings include strong expressions encouraging nationalism to counter aggressive Muslim invaders. His Legacy Ramdas served an inspiration for several Indian thinkers, historians and social reformers from 19th and 20th-century, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Rajwade, Keshav Hedgewar, and Ramchandra Ranade. Tilak and his followers created the image of Ramdas as militant monk to help the cause of nationalist campaign. A spiritual guru, Nana Dharmadhikari, promoted views of Ramdas through his spiritual discourses.