Bhausaheb Maharaj

Template:Infobox Hindu leader Bhausaheb Maharaj (Template:Circa - c. 1914) was the founder of the Inchegeri Sampradaya, to which the well-known Indian guru Nisargadatta Maharaj belonged.

Biography

Background

Bhausaheb Maharaj was born in 1843 as Venkatesh Khanderao Deshpande.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Bhausaheb Maharaj belonged to the Deshastha Brahmin caste.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Spiritual life

According to Kotnis, Bhausaheb Maharj was looked upon as the reincarnation of Sant TukaramTemplate:Sfn (1577–1650), a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet of the Bhakti, who had taken birth again in the Neelwani Lingayat community to finish his work of spreading the knowledge of Self-realisation.Template:Sfn He met his guru Sri Nimbargi at the age of fourteen.Template:Sfn At the request of Nimbargi,Template:Sfn Bhausaheb Maharaj Deshpande (1843 Umdi - 1914 Inchgiri) received mantra initiationTemplate:Sfn from Shri Raghunathpriya Sadhu Maharaj,Template:Sfn who was an ardent follower and a devoted disciple of Shri Gurulingajangam Maharaj. Bhausaheb Maharaj became a disciple of Nimbargi Maharaj.

Teachings

The Ant's Way

Bhausaheb Maharaj's teachings, and those of his student Gurudeo Ranade, have been called Pipilika Marg , "the Ant's way", the way of meditation, while the teachings of his student Siddharameshwar Maharaj, and Siddharameshwar Maharaj's disciples Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ranjit Maharaj have been called Vihangam Marg, "the Bird's Way", the direct path to Self-discovery.Template:Refn Ranjit Maharaj comments: Template:Quote

Nama-Yoga

Bhausaheb Maharaj's teachings were collected in a book called Nama-Yoga, a term coined by the compilers and translators of the book, whereas Bhausaheb Maharaj himself called it Jnana Marga, just like Nimbargi Maharaj did.Template:Sfn The editors wrote: Template:Quote

Lineage

After his awakening he was authorized by Nimbargi to carry on the lineage,Template:Sfn and established the Inchegeri Sampraday.Template:Sfn Sri Bhausaheb Maharaj had many students, among which were:

• Sri Amburao Maharaj of Jigjivani (1857 Jigajevani - 1933 Inchgiri)Template:Sfn
• Sri Gurudev Ranade of NimbalTemplate:Sfn
• Girimalleshwar MaharajTemplate:Sfn
• Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj (1875-1936)Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

See also

• Advaita Vedanta

Sources

Published sources

• Rajguru Ramdas. Kamalesh P. Bokil : sole distributors, International Book Service.
• The Lineage of Nine Gurus. The Navnath Sampradaya and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj(n.d.).
• [{{{url}}} Sociology of religion: a case study of Nimbargi Sampradaya]. Mangala Publications.
• [{{{url}}} Navanath Sampradaya. In: I Am That. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj]. Chetana.
• A higher Anglo-Marathi grammar.
• [{{{url}}} Life sketch of Sant Tatyasaheb Kotnis].
• I Am That.
• Illusion vs. Reality: Dialogues with Shri Ranjit Maharaj on the "Stateless State{{#if:Ranjit Maharaj|, Ranjit Maharaj}. Sadguru Publishers(1999)

Further reading

Teachings

• [{{{url}}} Dasbodh - Spiritual Instruction for the Servant]. Sadguru Publishing.
• [{{{url}}} Sri Bhausaheb Maharaj: Life-sketch and Nama-yoga]. Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion.

Background

• Cathy Boucher, The Lineage of Nine Gurus. The Navnath Sampradaya and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

External links

• Gurudev R.D. Ranade, Sadguru Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj Umdikar Template:Webarchive
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• balkrushnamauli.com, Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj (Nandeshwar)

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