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Sri Sri Thakur Sitaramdas Omkarnath Ji

।। NAAM AVATARA ।।

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे,

हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे।

Eternal Beings like Sri Sitaramdas have lived among us, as does an iceberg, with only a small manifested aspect visible to the world and the rest remaining unseen. In the words of Sri Bhumananda 'Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath is someone "not exactly a man", someone "outside the pale of humanity", "soul personified", "the over-soul incarnate" and "someone surprisingly human". In him is a unique blend of humanity and divinity.'

In the month of April 1943, in Jagannath Puri, Orissa, a saint was going round the temple of Jagannath Dev with a fairly big party of Naam Kirtan. He was lean; a crown of matted hair adorned his head, he sported a beard and he had a godly appearance. Upon his chest was the wooden sandal of his Gurudeva. Suddenly, some local inhabitants joined his party while distributing some leaflets. The sadhu did not know what was written in the leaflet - the local crowd was also unknown to him. On enquiring, he came to know that they were announcing, through that printed-leaflet, his own presence at Ankara Math in Cuttack town at a round-the-clock Kirtan. He was surprised but he found out from further enquiry, that they had come to know of his arrival to Orissa, at this precise juncture, from a 400-year-old book maintained in the Ashram. One of the five sakhas (companions) of Sriman Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Dev, Achyutananda, had predicted that a preacher of the Mahamantra, with Gurudeva's sandals tied to his chest, would come to Jagannath Puri at the appointed (predicted) time for preaching and spreading Naam. As soon as he heard this, the sadhu went into samadhi. Later, the detailed descriptions of his family name, the story of his life, as well as his sect etc., were known from that book.

In addition to this description, the divine prophecy was made in which there were indications not only of this sadhu, but also of many great men, his predecessors and contemporaries and their lives. It said "God Himself will assume the body of a man and appear as an incarnation through him. You should wait for his arrival."

The sadhu who appeared before the eyes of the omniscient saint four hundred years ago, is the world-revered emblem of all righteousness, the loving God of lakhs and lakhs of devotees - Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath Dev.

Impressions of Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath

“Baba! Do not forget me---do not forget me!”

Anandmayi Ma, woman saint of Bengal

“I agree with Sitaramdas Omkarnath Ji Maharaj when he says, everything that the Vedas say is true and there’s nothing beyond the Vedas. So the modern science is also a part of the Vedas, particularly, the atharva Veda.”

Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, at the inauguration of International Conference On

Vedas and Science, at Rishikesh Ashram

“Beloved Babaji is verily naamavatar. His entire life and personality is a radiant example and expression of naam Bhakti and naam shakti. I bow down in silent reverence and love at his holy feet.”

H.H. Swami Chidanandji Maharaj, President, Divine Life Society, Rishikesh

“Baba is an older man and a great sadhu. It is my duty to go to him…I benefited from the spiritual exchange with him…Baba gave me a white woolen mat, which I still use. Baba Omkarnath is my Guru and I his errant disciple.”

H.H. Dalai Lama, in a speech at Baba’s centenary celebration, February 1981, Delhi.

“His touch was divine and emanated charging vibrations to all those having receptivity…achievement of self-realization is one thing but when that blessed soul is endowed to impart his power to other evolving souls, it is a remarkable thing.”

Jain Muni Acharya Sushilkumar, President Acharya Sushil Ashram

“I will never forget the impression of this magnificent being, his body lapsing in shreds, power coming through him was that of a king. In fact, in my opinion he was embodying at that moment the office of what we in our Sufi law call the ‘qutub’, the pinnacle of hierarchy of the incarnate masters on the planet---I consider myself lucky beyond measure for getting diksha from him with a transcendental mantra…”

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Head Of The Sufi Order, Worldwide.

“My poor friends do not know that their Christ is here now! My babaji is Christ Incarnate, Christ Incarnate!”

Mohananand, alias Daniel S., an enlightened devotee from France

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