Shree Maharaj Ji

Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

It was the night of Sharat Poornima in 1922 when Mangarh village (near Allahabad) was filled with the Divine radiance with the descension of Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. Sharat Poornima is the famous full moon night of October when Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani revealed the true Vrindban Bliss about 5,000 years ago that enticed the heart of God Shiv. Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj is lovingly called Maharajji by his devotees. Since childhood his extraordinary virtues were noticed by the people. (As a custom of the family his elderly people got married at an early age.) When he was around fourteen years of age he went to Mahu Sanskrit College (near Indore, MP ) to study Sanskrit literature, and, to the amazement of the teachers of that institution, whatever topic he chose to study, he mastered all of that within two years. He then resumed to his natural Divine nature, and, at that time, whoever had seen him, would have glimpsed the true form of Radha Krishn love appearing in its full charm of highest ecstatic excitement. Remaining in that state for some time he moved around and graced the deserving souls in Chitrakoot, Sharbhang and Virndaban etc. Being always engrossed in the ecstatic states of Radha Bhao, it was hard to communicate with people. So, for the good of souls, he subsided his Bhao state and then started to give sankirtan programs at the houses of the devotees. His sankirtan programs of those days were like the vivid glow of Radha Krishn love that touched every heart, inspired everyone who was there and thrilled every soul who desired Krishn love. Devotees have witnessed the supreme Bhao of Radha Rani's love in him, so he was called Mahaprabhu. During those days a number of non-stop nam sankirtan programs were also arranged. He showered the true nectar of nam sankirtan continuously. Its Blissfulness was so amazing that it could be compared to the Divine nam sankirtan of Chaitnaya Mahaprabhu which he gave to the people of Nadia 500 Years ago. On the request of the devotees he revealed and detailed the devotional philosophy of Krishn love (Prem Ras Siddhant). He called for one of the devotees and dictated the whole philosophy with the Sanskrit quotations of scriptures (although he has never read those scriptures). The devotees were incredibly amazed upon the scriptural omniscience of Shree Maharajji. In 1955 he organized a religious convention in Chitrakoot, and in 1956 in Kanpur. In the Kanpur convention the chief secretary of "Kashi Vidvat Parishad" who was a great learned person and a popular figure of Varanasi happened to come and listen to Maharajji's speech. I was there and I witnessed his amazement and his feelings of deep esteem for Maharajji. He was so overtaken with the unparalleled scriptural wisdom of Maharaj Shree that, when he went back home, he invited him to Grace the scholars and the pandits of Varanasi with his Divine speech; and thus, Shree Maharajji went over there in 1957. A landmark in the history of Varanasi: It was an event which is Divinely so special that it had never happened in the past, and it is so extraordinary that it is not likely to happen in the near future. When Maharaj Shree began his discourse in Sanskrit there was a mixed feeling of curiosity, admiration and anxiousness in the hearts of audience. But at the end of his two hour discourse covering the critical topics of the bhashyas and the Brahm Sutra that invariably coordinate with tenets of the Gita, Upnishads and the Darshan Shastras, a sereneness prevailed in the hall, and the audience went home with their minds full of exciting thoughts and their hearts full of affectionate admiration. The next day even the elderly pandits, who seldom used to go to anyone's speech, came earlier to get a better location to sit and the hall was full before Maharajji's arrival. The speeches went on for six days. The seventh day Maharajji briefly summarized the main topics of the last six days and gave an extraordinary discourse reconciling the philosophies of all the Jagadgurus and representing the Blissful theme of bhaktiyog, which is explicitly described in the Bhagwatam and which is the integral message and the soul of all the scriptures. The congregation, that contained almost all the scholars of Varanasi and also many others who came from other provinces of India, had never seen such a Divine personality who is absolutely well versed in all of the scriptures (Vedas, Upanishads, Sutras, Upvedas, Vedangas, Darshan Shastras, Puranas, Itihas, the philosophies of the Jagadgurus and the writings of the Rasik Saints etc.), and at the same time he is humble, kind and absorbed in Radha Krishn Bhao which radiated from his personality. It was such an event in thousands of years that created a landmark in the Divine history of Varanasi and glorified the glorious Puri God Shiv *,because, when Shankaracharya (or Ramanujacharya or Madhvacharya) debated and established their philosophy, they did it mostly on one-to-one basis and with the prominent scholars of that town wherever they went, and the other people simply listened to them. But this time all the learned pandits and the scholars were assembled together in Varanasi and among them Maharaj Shree propounded and reconciled the theory of the scriptures. Now the learned pandits of Kashi Vidvat Parishad took the privilege of honoring Shree Maharajji with the flowers of their appreciation and praised their luck to worship him asthe Supreme Jagadguru of this age. He is thus the fifth Jagadguru in the last 5,000 years. The Bliss of nam sankirtan that he gives is the same that Chaitanya Mahaprabhuji gave five hundred years ago, so he is called Bhakti-yog-rasavatar (the descension of Radha Krishn love). Philosophy and teachings: He did not write his separate philosophy. He accepts the Shat Sandarbh of Jeev Goswami and says that Bhagwatam is the complete and final spiritual authority. But the most important thing which he did is the reconciliation of the differences that appear in the philosophies of other Jagadgurus and the Darshan Shastras and established the true theme of the scriptures. Thus, he removed all the philosophical controversies that prevailed for hundreds of years, and for that reason that the learned pandits of Kashi also called him the supreme acharya of this age who has reconciled the philosophies of all the Darshan Shastras. Shree Maharajji says that the desired goal of soul is to receive the selfless Divine love of Radha Krishn. They are the soul of your soul and are eternally related to you. Knowing this you only have to develop a deep desire for Their vision and love by strengthening your faith in Them. Keeping away from bad associations, yearningly remember and chant Their name and the leelas. That's all you have to do and leave the rest upon Them.