Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur (1899-1983), also known as Babuji, was a yogi from Uttar Pradesh in northern India. He spent most of his life developing a method of Raja Yoga meditation called Sahaj Marg. He founded an organization called Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 1945, dedicated and named after his teacher, who was also called Ram Chandra.[1]
Shri Ram Chandraji Maharaj (Babuji) | |
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| Title | Founder, Shri Ram Chandra Mission |
| Personal | |
| Born | Ram Chandra 30 April 1899 |
| Died | 19 April 1983 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Bhagwati |
| Organization | |
| Institute | Shri Ram Chandra Mission |
| Founder of | Shri Ram Chandra Mission (1945) |
| Philosophy | Sahaj Marg, Raja Yoga |
| Senior posting | |
| Successor | Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari |
| Website | Babuji |
Early life
editRam Chandra was born on 30 April 1899 in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2][3] His family was well off. His father Rai Bahadur Shri Badri Prasad held the position of Honorary Special Magistrate 1st Class. He left school after his matriculation, and worked in the local court for thirty-one years as a record keeper.[4] In June 1922, at the age of twenty-three, he met the spiritual teacher Ram Chandra, who lived in Fatehgarh.[2][1]
Spiritual life
editHe learnt the Raja Yoga meditation practice from Ram Chandra of Fatehgarh. He developed the method with the intention of making it more applicable in the contemporary world. He founded and registered a non-profit organization called Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 1945 to teach this new method, which he called Sahaj Marg (a name which was subsequently changed to "heartfulness meditation"), and he wrote a number of books about it.
Bibliography
edit- Reality at Dawn (1954) ISBN 9789388095624
- Efficacy of Raja Yoga in the Light of Sahaj Marg ISBN 9789388095594
- Commentary on the Ten Maxims of Sahaj Marg (1946) ISBN 9789388095617
- Towards Infinity (1957)
- Sahaj Marg Philosophy (1978) ISBN 9789388095655
- Voice Real - The First Selection (1970)
- Voice Real - The Second Selection
- Autobiography of Ram Chandra (Volume 1 and 2) (1974)
References
edit- ^ a b Ranjan, Rishi (2020-04-29). "श्री रामचंद्र मिशन के संस्थापक श्री रामचन्द्र की जयंती (30 अप्रैल) पर विशेष". newstrack.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b "Record number of 1,50,000 practitioners from 100 countries to virtually attend the 121st Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Second Guide of Heartfulness". apnnews.com. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Over 1.5 lakh practitioners of Heartfulness to join Babuji's 121st birth anniversary celebrations". uniindia.com. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Chandra, Ram (1998). Complete Works of Ram Chandra Volume 3. Shri Ram Chandra Mission. p. 12. ISBN 81-85177-28-7.