Mahayogi Barada Charan Majumder (His Life and Complete Works)

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Preface The book contains a detailed account of the life and times of Mahayogi Barada Charan Majumder. Sri Aurobindo called him as the 'Greatest Yogi: Barada Charan was undoubtedly a pioneer Yogi of the period he represented. Born at Kanchantala in Murshidabad district, he was a graduate of Calcutta University. He embraced the profession of teaching, and retired as headmaster of Lalgola Mahesh Narayan Academy. He passed away at the age of fifty four, when he was at the peak of his popularity. Sir Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay minced no words in appreciating his professional acumen. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose used to visit him very often to take his advice in his political struggle for the freedom of the country. Kazi Nazrul Islam was indebted to him for his spiritual guidance. Dilip Kumar Roy always held him in high esteem and thought once to be initiated by him.

19th century Bengal was marked by intellectual awakening which made it culturally rich. But the whole of India proceeded by a dismal trend-in every domain of social, spiritual and cultural life the country plummeted. Hinduism was derided and Indian culture undermined by foreign preachers; dead tradition, fossilized customs, meaningless superstitions and irrational bigotry reigned. Supreme Dogmas and ignorance galore. Hinduism degenerated, and a large number of deities made their appearance. Indian society became idolatrous.

Spread of western education facilitated the emergence of a galaxy of social, religious and spiritual reformers. Barada Charan, belonging to that class, was a school teacher of a non-descript village school, but his honesty, integrity, sense of dignity and religiosity were remarkable. People say that he was born with divine blessings. He became a Yogi bearing social well-being uppermost in his mind. His simple style, lofty thinking and spiritual inclinations deserve to be emulated by the present generation of people who are often confused and misguided by the glamorous and dazzling ambience all round.

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