Ranjit Maharaj

Sri Ranjit Maharaj (4 January 1913 – 15 November 2000) was an Indian spiritual teacher in the Navnath Inchegeri Sampradaya tradition, and disciple of Siddharameshwar Maharaj.[1][2]

Ranjit Maharaj
Born(1913-01-04)4 January 1913
Died15 November 2000(2000-11-15) (aged 87)

Biography

Ranjit Maharaj was born on 4 January 1913.[3] In 1924 he met Siddharameshwar Maharaj. The following year he was initiated by Siddharameshwar Maharaj. In 1934, at the age of 21 he took initiation to monkhood. Only in 1983, at the age of 70, initiated his first disciple, Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj's granddaughter in law.[3] 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.[3]

Inchegeri Sampradaya
Inchegeri Sampradaya
Rishi Dattatreya, mythological deity-founder.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
Navnath, the nine founders of the Nath Sampradaya,[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]
Gahininath,[lower-alpha 5] the 5th Navnath[lower-alpha 6] Revananath, the 7th[lower-alpha 7] or 8th[lower-alpha 8] Navnath, also known as Kada Siddha[lower-alpha 9] Siddhagiri Math[lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11] c.q. Kaneri Math (est. 7th[lower-alpha 12] or 14th century[lower-alpha 13];
Lingayat Parampara[lower-alpha 14] c.q. Kaadasiddheshwar Parampara[lower-alpha 15]
Nivruttinath, Dnyaneshwar's brother[lower-alpha 16]
Dnyaneshwar[lower-alpha 17] (1275–1296)
also known as Sant Jñāneshwar or Jñanadeva[lower-alpha 18]
and as Kadasiddha[lower-alpha 19] or Kad-Siddheshwar Maharaj[lower-alpha 20]

Different accounts:
Kadasiddha,[lower-alpha 21] also called "Almighty "Kadsiddeshwar",[lower-alpha 22] who appeared as a vision to Sri Gurulingajangam Maharaj[lower-alpha 23]
or
The 22nd or 24th[lower-alpha 24] Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj, who initiated Sri Gurulingajangam Maharaj[lower-alpha 25]
or
"The 25th generation of the kadsiddha at siddhagiri had then initiated Guruling jangam maharaj of nimbargi."[lower-alpha 26]
or
"Juangam Maharaj" c.q. "a yogi [at Siddhagiri] who gave [Nimabargi Maharaj] a mantra and told him to meditate regularly on it"[lower-alpha 27]

1 Nimbargi Maharaj (1789–1875)
also known as Guru Lingam-Jangam Maharaj [lower-alpha 28][lower-alpha 29][lower-alpha 30]		 23rd Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj
2 Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj Umdikar[lower-alpha 31][lower-alpha 32] (1843 Umdi – 1914 Inchgiri[lower-alpha 33]) 24th Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj
3 H.H. Shri Amburao Maharaj of Jigjivani

(1857 Jigajevani – 1933 Inchgiri)[lower-alpha 34][lower-alpha 35]

 Shivalingavva Akka (1867–1930)[lower-alpha 36] Girimalleshwar Maharaj[lower-alpha 37][lower-alpha 38] Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj (1875–1936)[lower-alpha 39][lower-alpha 40] 25th Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj
4 H.H. Shri Gurudev Ranade of Nimbal (1886–1957)[lower-alpha 41][lower-alpha 42][lower-alpha 43][lower-alpha 44][lower-alpha 45] Balkrishna Maharaj[lower-alpha 46] Shri Aujekar Laxman Maharaj[lower-alpha 47] Madhavananda Prabhuji
(d. 25th May, 1980)[lower-alpha 48]		 Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981)[lower-alpha 49] 26th Shri Muppin Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj (1905–2001)

Student of Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj[lower-alpha 55]

5 H.H Shri Gurudev Chandra Bhanu Pathak[lower-alpha 56] Bhausaheb Maharaj (Nandeshwar)[lower-alpha 57] Shri Nagnath Alli Maharaj[lower-alpha 58] 27th head: H.H. Adrushya Kadsiddheshwar Swamiji[lower-alpha 76] H. H. Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Shree Swami Narendracharyaji Maharaj[lower-alpha 77]

Ranjit Maharaj belongs to the Inchegiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers belonging to the Navnath tradition. Ranjit was responsible for instigating the translation, printing and publication into the English language of the spiritual classic, "Master of Self Realization" (Adhyatma nynacha 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. ISBN 9780615156033.
  • My Masters voice : Edited by Linda Flames, Compiled by : Murli Raghvan and Translated by Sachin Kshirsagar , Marathi Version Name : Mazya Sadgurunchi Amrutwani

References
  1. Chryssides, George D. (2012). Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6194-7.
  2. Jensen, Stephen (1 September 2000). It's All about Love: How to Have a Better Life. iUniverse. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-595-12398-8.
  3. "|| Shri Ranjit Maharaj ||". sadguru.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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