Life and Messages of Thakur Sri Sri Balak Brahmachari

Welcome to our site on Thakur Sri Sri Balak Brahmachari. This is not an official website of Balak Brahmachari's organization. The information in this website is intended to provide a general outline of Thakur Sri Sri Balak Brahmachari's life, messages and teachings. It should neither be regarded as comprehensive nor sufficient for a complete understanding of Sri  Sri Thakur's eventful life, subtle philosophical teachings and profound messages.

As most of Sri Sri Thakur's original lectures, discources and publications are in bengali language, their accurate english translation is difficult and complicated on our part. No translation of Sri Sri Thakur's teachings can bring out the dignity and grace of the original. Sri Sri Thakur's intensity of utterance and magic of phrase are difficult to recapture in another medium.

I am much indebted to several direct disciples of Sri Sri Thakur who have authored publications on life and teachings of Sri Sri Thakur, and to few of them in particular for their valuable advice.

My humble efforts will be amply rewarded if the contents of this website enables the general seekers and followers of Sri Sri Thakur to get a glimpse of his life and teachings.

As the information contained herein is intended to provide general information, we shall not be held responsible for any inaccuracy or any loss sustained by any person on the information contained herein. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Please use the feedback form given at the end.

Ram Narayan Ram

DIPAK THAKKER

1. Thakur's Vedic Ideals are based on science, logic, mathematics and tune. He is trying to awaken the inner consciousness of the people, liberating them from superstition and dogma.
2. Thakur says that no one is entitled to claim any credit for any invention here. We are all carrier and propagator of the universal truth. Like sun,moon, planets and stars, we are all workers of this great universe.
3. Just as the tape recorder is not the singer, we are also not the discoverer of anything. Everything exists here for a purpose. We are a part of the tune of the eternal music and flowing with it.
4. Our desire to reveal Nature's truth is also Nature's inherent gift because the object of Nature is to express and reveal her eternal tune to all.

My family had been very fortunate to be associated with Thakur Sri Sri Balak Brahmachari Maharaj for over four decades since 1953. My parents, Late Vithaldas Hariram Thakker & Late Godavari Thakker were direct disciples of Sri Sri Thakur. It was through them that we all children came in contact with Sri Sri Thakur from our early childhood. It is impossible to express in words the innumerable wondrous incidents experienced by us, and the magnitude of divine grace received by every member of our family, during our long association with our beloved Gurudev. It may be suffice to say that in Sri Sri Thakur, we found our God.

I would like to use a doha (poem) of Sant Kabir Das to express our deep gratitute to our beloved Guruji in following words:

Sab Dharti Kagaz Karu,
Lekhan Ban Raye.
Sath Samundra Ki Mas Karu
Guru Gun Likha Na Jaye

“Even if the whole earth is transformed into paper with all the bigtrees made into pens and if the entire water in the seven oceans are transformed into writing ink, even then the glories of the Guru cannot be written. So much is the greatness of the Guru.”

RAM NARAYAN RAM

DIPAK THAKKER

Sri Sri Thakur said, "Combination of everything is Life". Matter disintegrates and gives rise to new shapes and this goes on to eternity. Just as Government is a combination of several individuals, when taken up individually, everyone is a public servant, so Brahma is also the composite whole. But when we try to observe Brahma critically, it disintegrates. It loses its cohesiveness or oneness. Brahma is combination of all these component parts and we all are established in Brahma. Every living creature is the abode of endless power. Once you realize yourself, you will come to realize the mysteries of the universe. There is nothing new to be achieved. It is the known which has to be realised. Dilemma is a part of parcel of life. Follow your conscience - it is the rudder of our life-boat. You should act according to your conscience. Be guided by it and follow its command. Conscience is the only tangible God present in your heart. Disputes and differences arise because we refuse to obey the dictates of our conscience."

Sri Sri Thakur spoke of revolution many a time. But he also said that " The object of revolution is not fighting or killing. Revolution is for construction and not destruction of society. The object is love and peace, not hatred and chaos. Every attempt to change is a revolution". Sri Sri Thakur emphasized the need to maintain equality among all living beings. He often cited the harmonious movement of stars and planets in the galaxy as an example of mutual co-operation. He preached the ideals of Vedic Communism based on Vedic ideals and principles.

Each of the letters of this holy Name "Ram Narayan Ram" represents the sound of millions in the universe. When one chants this name, one remembers the entire universe. Just as your name represents you entirely, the name Ram Narayan Ram represents the entire universe. Ram Narayan Ram are not the names of any god or gods. With singing of this Naam and chanting of Mantra (Japa), the gateway to enlightenment is thrown open. The more the speed of Japa increases the greater is the unfolding of the enlightenment.

Sri Birendra Chandra Chakraborty, popularly known as Sri Sri Thakur Balak Brahmachari was born in undivided India in Medinimondal, Vikrampur, Bangladesh in 1920. He shifted to Dacca sometime in 1943 and stayed there till the partition of Bengal. He was popularly known as Balak Thakur or Balak Gosain, meaning a Child Saint or Child God. Balak Brahmachari was not his Ashram Name. He was given this name by his followers and local people who knew him and had witnessed Sri Sri Thakur's supernatural powers right from his infancy days. His childhood days were spent in Ujanchar-Krishnanagar in Tripura District, now in Bangladesh.Sri Sri Thakur moved to Kolkata after India's partition in 1947. He began addressing religious public meetings giving an entirely novel and scientific concept about religion based on Adi (very ancient) Vedas. His messages of Adi Vedas are based on science, logic, mathematics and universal tune. From the age of five, Sri Sri Thakur has been preaching the invaluable eternal truths as propounded in the ancient or Adi Vedas. Sri Sri Thakur's Vedas are not just confined within the scriptures or texts of the so-called four Vedas, or Upanishads, or other religious scriptures. His Vedas cover a much wider field, a more comprehensive dimension, where true knowledge manifests itself amidst Nature's infinite tune. Gaurango or Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who lived in India about 500 years ago, and Sri Sri Thakur had the same family lineage. Sri Sri Thakur was born with divine powers that attracted millions of people from all walks of life to his sermons. Attracted by his supernatural powers and profound messages, his followers and devotees grew in numbers so rapidly that in a day he had to meet thousands of devotees from sunrise to late night wherever he went. Sri Sri Thakur went into Samadhi in 1993 at the age of 73 years in Kolkata.

Vedas literally means knowledge, or to know. It refers to knowledge directly heard (Shruti) at the beginning of the world cycle. Great sages and saints of India could by constant research and investigation understand a bit of vedic knowledge. Ancient Vedas were created by the great space that is the repository of all knowledge. Sri Sri Thakur refers to this original Vedas in his messages. Sri Sri Thakur said that just by reading the Vedas, one cannot be a Vedist. A true Vedist must be in tune with the Vedas and must study and digest the book of universal Nature.

I worship knowledge and virtue. My preaching is not to be limited within the country or the time. My meditation is to practice the universal tune of Mother Nature. I am not a so-called Guru, nor I have become a Guru by meditation in this world. I haven't come here to pose as God or Avatar (Divine Incarnation). I follow the laws of nature in every sphere of my life. I want to unify everyone with the help of this universal tune - Ram Narayan Ram.

1. In the Vedic times, each and everybody, be he king or a subject, rich or poor, were associated with the profession of agriculture. Agriculture used to be considered as a holy profession in the Vedic Age. That is why even God Krishna is portrayed in our scriptures as a cowherd with a flute on the agricultural field.
2. Vedas say that not a single soul must pass a day without food. There must not be beggary in society. In Vedic age, perfect order was maintained for an equitable food distribution system. It was customary for people to invite and feed their guests willingly and lovingly.
3. In the Vedic age, there was no hoarding of food items or any essential items. The Vedas declared hoarders as devils. They were treated as exploiters and punished severely.
4. The Vedic Age was the real golden age of India. The society was governed on the principles of Vedic Communism, based on equality, harmony, justice and righteousness. It was a classless society.

In this great space, the sun, moon, planets, stars and five elements of Nature are all working tirelessly to sustain the creation. Through their ceaseless work, myriads of creation is continually taking place. Be it the solar system, the inanimate world or the living world, everything is engaged in ceaseless work. Everyone, including the gods and goddesses mentioned in the religious scriptures of the world, were engaged in work and through their work became super beings. Work is worship. Vedas greatly honored the workers. Vedas declared that workers are the pillars of the society. As workers we sustain the society, while eternal workers, like the sun, earth, water, air, etc uphold the creation. So, work is religion.

The relationship of a Guru and disciple is like the relationship of a parent and child. There is no question of give and take. The Guru is pleased simply by enlivening his disciples. Guru's life itself will manifest his teachings and divinity. His movements, activities and thoughts are tuned and integrated with Nature. His teachings are for all and for all times. A true Guru will never demand any money, favor or gift from his disciples. Guru Dakshina (Offering to a Master) means offering by disciples of their mind to Guru's work and mission.

Sri Sri Thakur said that Sound is Brahma. The confused noise of a market-place when heard from a height, and the sound of the universe, are alike. That original humming sound is  within us which finds expression in the waiting of a new-born child and in the gasping at the last stage of a man. By complete absorption we have our inner tune mingled with that Universal Tune and thus have mastery over all the tunes. In this universal tune lies the tune of the Creator. Through that tune we shall realize everything, including our identity. Sound pervades the core and the cosmos. With the use of words, our mind as sound wave continues to advance in the entire universe. In the process, sound assumes form. Japa, Naam, meditation, etc are all performed through the medium of words or thoughts

Sri Sri Thakur is an inborn guru. He said,'Here I may be a beggar, but despite insults and constant harassment, I have not deviated from my truth and principle. I shall present to you such doctrine that has never been unfolded or seen the light so far. I doubt if there is anything superior to this. My doctrines are not only meant for mankind but for the entire living beings."