TRIBUTE TO BHAGAVAN
Alexis Houston Maurya

Over one hundred years ago, the famous saint Swami Vivekananda, a monk from the Ramakrishna Mission in India, came to the U.S., completely unknown, and sent a wave through the world that started with the simple words “My brothers and my sisters…,” delivered at the Congress of Religions in 1893. The power of his words carried an enormous international force, as he sought to unite humanity, saying that “Man is marching from Truth to Truth.”
Vivekananda understood how to convey that, due to man’s ignorance of his own potential, this unity is difficult to understand. We require the incarnation of those beings who embody the essence of liberation themselves to show us what we have forgotten. Their vibration alone has the capacity to cut through the chaos of our minds, dissolve our fears and our egos, and restore our understanding of ourselves as the eternal soul. There are many ways to act for the wellbeing of the universe, but, as Swami Vivekananda said, “He who gives a man spiritual knowledge is the greatest benefactor of mankind.”

Bhagavan’s Early Years

On January 3, 1942, Bhagavan was born into a pious Brahmin family of the lineage of Raj Chakraboty, in the village of Rahamatpur, Barishal District, now located in Bangladesh. From his childhood he showed the remarkable ability to memorize anything he read at first glance. Also, he displayed a fearless spirit and a genuine desire to put the wellbeing of others before his own.

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