Sree Sree Ram Thakur

Sree Sree Ram Thakur was a Hindu saint from Bengal, who had followers mostly from East Bengal now Bangladesh. He worked among people of various castes and faiths. He is also known as Shri Koibolyonath to his followers.

He was born in the famous Brahmin Bidyalankar family at Dingamanik, in Faridpur district, Bangladesh, in the month of Magha, 1266 B.S (2nd Feb. 1860) Thursday, the 10th of the New Moon with Rohini (Aldebaran) in the ascendant. to father Radhamadhab Chakravarty and mother Kamala Devi. Sri Sri Thakur had two elder brothers one twin brother and one sister.

Sreesree Thakur's mother-Srimati Kamaladevi was very pious, simple and generous. She was well-reputed for devotion and sincerity to religion. She was ever vigilant while observing austerity and other worships. She paid heed to peace and happiness of others brushing aside of her own. He also passed away in the month of Jaistha in 1310 Bangla, 1903.

 Sri Sri Thakur was from His early years different from others. He was since His boyhood liked to be being alone with Himself. His chief pastime was worshipping the gods and goddesses. His schooling at the primary institution was brief. As a boy He felt strongly attached to, and was deeply loved by His father's spiritual guided (late) Mrityunjoy Nyayapanchanan, who passed away one year after His father's death. Sri Sri Thakur was then only 8 years old. Soon after on the third day of the New Moon of Vaishakha, He was initiated by the Guru in a subtle and mysterious way. A few years after, He met the Guru in embodied form at Kamakshya, Assam. 

As a boy he felt strongly attached to his father's spiritual guide, Mrityunjoy Nyayapanchanan, who is said to have initiated him into the life of an ascetic at Kamakkhya. He toured the country and ministered to the spiritual needs of people affected by many famines, the World Wars and the communal riots that surrounded Partition.For more than a year He was on walking tours in the South, and returned home probably towards the end of 1907 or beginning of 1908.

From this time till His passing away, during various crises like the two World Wars, riots, famines, political movements, nuclear explosion and British repression, He stood by the suffering humanity giving them constant courage, hope and blessings while moving from door to door. He was adored and revered by both the Hindus and people of other religion, irrespective of their faith. Sri Sri Thakur used to stress constantly on the efficacy of the repetitions of the Lord's Holy Name as a spiritual discipline and penance for all ills which subsequently would lead to God and eternal peace.

During the last few years of His life, in spite of His frail health, the tempo of Sri Thakur's ministrations increased tremendously.

His grace overflowed and touched the lives of thousands of men. Sri Sri Thakur entered Mahasamadhi on the third day of the New Moon of Vaishakha 18, 1356 B.S (May 1, 1949) at Chaumohani, a town in the District of Noakhali, Bangladesh. His remains were laid to rest there at a hermitage named 'Samadhi Mandir'

Apart from the many minor prophecies Sri Ram Thakur made, on a winter evening in 1938 he suddenly exclaimed, "The stars that rose during the Kurukshetra War are rising again. Millions of people will lose their lives." A few months later Worldwar2 erupted. On the morning of 6 August 1945, Thakur, who was then in Feni, lamented "Alas! Alas! What a destruction!" A few hours later an atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. (Source: "Sri Sri Thakurer Sange", a Bengali article by Tulsidas Gangopadhyay)

On the afternoon of January 30, 1948, hours before Gandhi's assassination, Thakur all of a sudden said: "Gandhi will not take birth again!" (Source: "Prachchhanabatar Sri Ramthakurer Prasange", an article by Smt. Binapani Sengupta)

Sri Sri Thakur said :

Surrender to God empowers the soul to secure its deliverance from the worldly entanglements brought on by the revolving wheel of Fate. Whatever is your allotted portion in life in terms of material gains and mental riches should be accepted as God's merciful gift unto you. ( Vedavani, Part-II, No. 202).

 Some Messages of Shree Shree Thakur :

• The heart burns night and day in the fire of the faggot of desire. Have trust in God. All that rise and set are unreal. Know what is real and what unreal and you shall have done with your delusion.
• God and His Name are one - not different. To live by the Name is to abide in God. By uninterrupted abidance therein one is able to cross the bounds of dualistic knowledge and attain Peace and bliss.
• It is egoism in man that splits the unity of Being into kinsmen and strangers. In truth, no body in the world is other than your Self.
• No body can escape the consequences of his actions as determined by Fate, which should therefore be accepted as a matter of course. A man reaps as he has sown.
• Adore the God of Truth. He will always sustain and protect you. As fate wills it so are people encumbered by the experiences of life, which now give satisfaction, now discontent.
• Don't worry. Always try to live in submission to God. The world is a delusion which disappears as soon as the destined time series terminates. It is wrong to distress yourself over what fate has in store for you.
• Always bear with what fate offers you in the right spirit. So will you have God's mercy.
• This world of Ignorance revolves on the wheels of Time. No one can interfere with its course.
• Do not worry over God's dispensations. Truth alone is the ultimate Goal. Forsake It not, but exert yourself always to follow Its course.