Devotee:
Gurudev, my respects to you.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
My blessings to you, son.
Devotee:
Friends, today Gurudev has come to Sadananda Babu's house on the occasion of Janmashtami puja. As you can see, the puja has been performed, and Gurudev is seated here. I would request Gurudev to say a few words for us.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
Well, the thing is, the source is Ram Thakur. He is such a figure that it's difficult to fathom his depths. Even the ocean has a bottom, but his depth is unfathomable. Rabindranath Tagore once said that his depth couldn't be found.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
I've come here today because they are performing his puja. It feels wonderful. I saw the portrait of Ram Thakur. There's so much that could be said about him, but I'll share a little bit.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
His original name was Ram Chandra Chakraborty. He was born on February 2nd, 1860, in the village of Dingamanik, in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh. He passed away on May 1st, 1949, in Noakhali, Bangladesh. He lived for 89 years.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
Then he entered samadhi, and his body was entombed in Bangladesh. As per his wishes, his final resting place was established to the west of the Bay of Bengal. That site is now a revered samadhi shrine, visited by countless devotees throughout the year.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
His father's name was Radhamadhav Chakraborty, and his mother was Srimati Kamala Devi. He had a sister named Tarashimoni Devi. They were four brothers in total. Two of them, Ram and Lakshman, were twins. The other two were Kalikumar and Jagabandhu. Ram and Lakshman were the twin brothers.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
In 1872, he renounced his home. There's a history behind this. He lost his father at a very young age. After his father's passing, he received news that his father's spiritual mentor was very ill. His father's guru was Mrityunjay Nyaypanchanan.
Guru Shyama Khyapa:
His father was a practitioner of Tantra. Ramkumar inherited certain spiritual traits from him. From a young age, he studied the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the Vedas. He was spiritually enlightened from birth. Thakur was born realized. He didn't need to strive for it; he simply manifested it.
Spiritual Insight
Ram Thakur stands as a rare exemplar of one who came into this world already realized—an unfathomable ocean whose depths even Rabindranath Tagore could not measure. Guru Shyama Khyapa's brief biography reveals the twin pillars of Ram Thakur's legacy: his birth in realized consciousness and his family lineage deeply rooted in Tantric practice. The fact that Ram and his brother Lakshman were twins evokes mythological resonances, while his father's Tantric guru lineage demonstrates how spiritual wisdom flows through generations. Ram Thakur's 89 years spanned colonial Bangladesh's most turbulent period, yet he remained anchored in the eternal present of divine awareness—a testament to the power of being "born realized."