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A Short Biography of <strong>Shree</strong> <strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Samarth</strong> 199<br />

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Swaroop Sampradaya<br />

Sri <strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Samarth</strong> <strong>Maharaj</strong> ordered his youngest<br />

and dearest disciple, <strong>Shree</strong> Ramanand Beedkar <strong>Maharaj</strong><br />

of Pune, to propagate the Swaroop Sampradaya.<br />

Swaroop Sampradaya is a religious sect<br />

wherein the aspirant concentrates on viewing the<br />

‘Atman’, the soul. ‘Swaroop’ means knowledge of the<br />

‘Atman’, the soul. A living being is normally entangled in<br />

worldly illusion. To liberate a living being from the<br />

entanglement of this worldly illusion and lead him<br />

towards the knowledge of ‘Atman’, the soul is itself<br />

known as the Swaroop Sampradaya of Sri <strong>Swami</strong><br />

<strong>Samarth</strong>.<br />

Swaroop Sampradaya is a very ancient tradition<br />

with Lord Shiva as the first Guru. Lord Shiva first initiated Goddess Parvati into Swaroop<br />

Sampradaya and later this tradition continued in history with the initiation of Lord<br />

Vishnu, Lord Brahma, Sages Vasishtha, Shukdeo and others. This tradition further<br />

continued with Guru’s such as Sri Govindpad, Sri Jagadguru AdiShankaracharya, Sri<br />

Vidyaranyaswami, SriKrishnasaraswati and Srimat Nrusimha Saraswati up to Sri <strong>Swami</strong><br />

<strong>Samarth</strong>, the incarnation of Lord Dattatrey.<br />

‘Swaroop Sampradaya’ is based on ‘Dnyan-yog’, the acquisition of true<br />

knowledge that leads to the attainment of absorption into the universal spirit. It<br />

represents worship of attribute-less Supreme Spirit, but also accepts the worship of a<br />

deity with attributes. The human soul attains the Supreme Spirit through the worship of<br />

a deity with attributes. This philosophy is honoured as a doctrine for the identity of<br />

human soul and the divine essence.<br />

With the kind blessings of Sri <strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Samarth</strong>, the tradition of this ‘Swaroop<br />

Sampradaya’ was passed on to <strong>Shree</strong> Ramanand Beedkar <strong>Maharaj</strong> who then blessed<br />

<strong>Shree</strong> Vasudevanant Sarswati (alias <strong>Shree</strong> Baba <strong>Maharaj</strong> Sahasrabuddhe) for further<br />

propagation of the ‘Swaroop Sampradaya’. <strong>Shree</strong> Baba <strong>Maharaj</strong> Sahasrabuddhe in turn<br />

blessed <strong>Shree</strong> Sahajanand Saraswati (<strong>Shree</strong> Vitthalrao Joshi alias <strong>Shree</strong> Digambardas<br />

<strong>Maharaj</strong>) to continue further with the Swaroop Sampradaya.<br />

<strong>Shree</strong> Digambardas <strong>Maharaj</strong> has versed -<br />

“Nrusimha Saraswati the incarnate of Lord Dattatrey (l)<br />

An idol of purity and knowledge (ll)<br />

He himself manifested as Sri <strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Samarth</strong> (l)<br />

In the city of Akkalkot (ll)<br />

Copyright © 2006 <strong>Shree</strong> Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust

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