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Sant Goswami Sri Bindu ji
Maharaj
Goswami Sri Bindu ji maharaj
was born in the year 1893 on the auspicious
day of Radhashtami (the Birthday of the
Goddess
Radha), in the holy city of Ayodhya.
Goswami Sri Bindu ji maharaj was educated
and received his religious initiation in Ayodhya. Goswami Bindu ji Maharaj studied
Ramayana, Bhagwat, Bhagwat Gita, and other
Shaastras and Puranas.
Sri Ram Charit Manas was his
favourite subject. He was a scholar of
Sanskrit, Hindi, English, Urdu, Brij Bhasha,
Avdhi, Bhojpuri, and other languages. He was
a great speaker, scholar, writer, musician
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He established the Akhil Bhartiya Ramcharit Manas
conference in Varanasi for the propagation of the
principles and essence of Ram Charit Manas. According to his
belief, the principles propounded in the Ram
Charit Manas are not directed at any
particular caste or community, but they are for the
benefit and uplift of all peoples of the world.
In Vrindavan he
established the Prem
Dham Ashram. Devotion and Love according
to him, are the greatest of all religions, and
Love is God. He wrote many books, such as
“Mohan Mohini”, “Manas madhuri”,
“Ram rajya”, “Kirtan manjari”,
“Pashani Ahilya”, “Manas ka mallah”,
“Dharmavatar”, “Murali manohar”,
“Bhayankar bhoot”, “Ram Gita”, “Ras
panchadhyai”, “Suman sanchy”, “Bodh
vani”, “Navyug vinod”.
He had millions of
disciples all over India, who loved to see
him, read him and hear him. A number of
Maharajas of different Indian states were his
disciples. When he delivered his spiritual
lectures in the holy city of Varanasi, the people were so charmed
that they even left their routine business to
listen him. People were enchanted to listen to
his chanting of Raja Ram Ram Ram. Once in Chitrakoot, about two million people
were crowded together to listen his lecture.
He contributed to
the freedom movement of India by writing
patriotic plays, poems etc. The British
government of India banned his book in those
days. He described in his book, the British
government as a “Ravana” government. The government
arrested him and took him to court, and charged
him with contempt of government. He described
the similarities to his book, so they arrested
him and made some serious charges. Then he said
in court: ‘if you accept what I wrote there,
that it is truly like a Ravan government, then I
am ready for any punishment from you.’ Because
of this, they released him. But his book was
still banned.
Rashtra Pita Mahatma Gandhi loved him very much. Gandhi invited him to lecture on two
occasions, in order to listen to him himself,
and encouraged him to write a book. Goswami Sri Bindu ji maharaj
then wrote Rashtriya Ramayana and Ram
rajya.
But he had no
interest in politics. India's first Prime
Minister Sri
Jawaharlal Nehru invited him to stand
for election, because he was very famous and the
people loved him, but he didn’t accepted the
offer, and said: ‘I am not a political man. I am
spiritual, and want only to be spiritual.’
He wanted to leave his body in Vrindavan, and this, his last wish,
he told to
Swami Balakram ji
in Delhi, when he was already ill and in
hospital. So he brought him to Vrindavan, and on 1st Dec
1964, he left his body in the Prem Dham Ashram in Vrindavan.
Nowadays whoever gives lectures on Ramayana,
Bhagwat and the Gita, or sings Hindi Bhajan and
Kirtan, they all sing his Poetry. |