''Sri Ranjit Maharaj'' (4 January 1913 – 15 November 2000) was an Indian spiritual teacher in the

Navnath The Navanath (हिंदी - नवनाथ), also spelt as Navnatha in vernacular languages, are the nine saints, Masters or Naths on whom the Navnath Sampradaya, the lineage of the nine gurus, is based.

Inchegeri Sampradaya tradition, and disciple of

Siddharameshwar Maharaj Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj (1888–1936) was a guru in the Inchagiri Sampradaya founded by his guru Bhausaheb Maharaj, a branch of the Navnath Sampradaya, the 'Nine Masters' tradition in India. His disciples included Nath teachers Nisargadat ...

Biography

Ranjit Maharaj was born on 4 January, 1913. His father died when he was 6 years old. In 1924, he met

. 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. 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.

Inchegeri Sampradaya

Ranjit Maharaj belongs to the Inchegiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers belonging to the

tradition. Ranjit was responsible for instigating the translation, printing and publication into the English language of the spiritual classic, "Master of Self Realization" (Adhyatma Dnyanacha 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. . * My Masters voice : Edited by Linda Flames, Compiled by : Murli Raghvan and Translated by Sachin Kshirsagar , Marathi Version Name : Mazya Sadgurunchi Amrutwani

References

External links

Sadguru.com, website dedicated to Ranjit Maharaj

YouTube, ''Ranjit Maharaj: The Shortest Way to Enlightenment''

Inchegiri Navnath Sampradaya Masters on Telegram
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