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Paramhans Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj | |
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| Born | (1846-04-05)5 April 1846 Chhapra (Bihar) |
| Died | 10 July 1919(1919-07-10) (aged 73) |
| Known for | Advait Mat |
| Successor | Shri Swami Swarupanand Ji Maharaj |
Shri Paramhans Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj (5 April 1846 – 10 July 1919), also known asShri Paramhans Dayal Maharaj Ji (born ShriRam Yaad), was born inChhapra City, India. Shri is known as the "First Spiritual Master" of the Shri Anandpur Dham, while also initiated the "Second Master" andShri Swami Swarupanand Ji Maharaj in the early 1900s.[1]Shri Anandpur Dham Madhya Pradesh, District Ashoknagar.
He was born on the day ofRama Navami and was therefore named "Ram Yaad". His father was scholar Pandit Tulsi Pathak; his mother died a few months after his birth, so he was brought up by his father's disciple Lala Narhari Prasad, while Shri Narhari Prasad arranged his education. Shri Ram Yaad learned aboutSanskrit,Hindi, andArabic. When Ram Yaad was five, his father died.[2]
Paramhans Swamiji gaveDiksha to him and taught him aboutBrahma Vidya. When he was 11 years old, Narhari Prasad died and after some years, his wife also died. He was the only rightful successor of both families, but at the age of 16, he left his home and went to the forests of Bihar for meditation. InJaipur, in 1883, he met the 90-year-old SwamiAnandpuri Ji, who taught him theKriya ofPranayama andYoga. He reportedly wrote inUrdu on a paper: "Accept Paramhans Ram Yaad". He named him as his spiritual successor to his seat.[3]
He travelled from place to place and carried the message of Sahaj Yoga, Bhakti and service. He stayed at Jaipur for a long time and started his spiritual preaching and uplifting the people there, attracting many followers there. As a wandering monk, he covered Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, etc. to teachSahajyoga andBhakti.[citation needed]
The ashrams (temples) founded by him were calledKrishana Dwaras. Sant Mat-a-nuyayi Ashram, Gadwaghat, Varanasi, Brahma Vidyalay and Ashram, Chotka Rajpur, Buxar, Adwait-Swarup Ashram, Paramhans Satyarthi Dham, Rajyog Mandir, Shanti Mohalla, Delhi, and Shri Anandpur Satsang Ashram are all related to him.[citation needed]
He attainedNirvana on 10 July 1919 after transferring succession of the seat toSwami Swarupanand ji. He had promised to his devotee Seth Amirchand that he would sacrifice his body and take Samadhi at his place. A Sacred Samadhi Shrine was built there in Teri, KP, Pakistan. After the Partitiion in 1947, his devotees shifted the center to Anandpur in Madhyya Pradesh.[citation needed]