Tibbettibaba
Tibbatibaba (1820–1930) also called as Tibbetibaba was a famous saint and a yogi. He followed both the philisophies of Hinduism and Buddism. Tibbetibaba was a master in all hindu and Buddhist scriptures and was a great scholar in all the subjects, and an expert in yoga and meditation. His birth name was Nabin Chandra. He learnt education and obtained spiritual knowledge under his guru “SRI PARAMANANDA THAKKAR”. His disciple was Soham Swami. His ashram is situated in West Bengal, and his Samadhi was also built in the ashram. And lot of people from the nearby places are regularly visiting his ashram and worshipping at his Samadhi.
He was born in a Bengali Brahmin family in Bangladesh. His father was also a yogi and a great scholar. From his childhood, Nabin Chandra was very much interested in knowing about spiritual matters. He got good grasping power, and he grasped all the subjects within a few months. According to his opinion, “God is the supreme person among all the living creatures in the world, and he will do only goodness to us, and always ready to shower his grace, based on our pure devotion”.
He left his home in his teenage and went to many holy pilgrimages in search of the god. He joined with a group of pilgrims and journeyed to Ayodhya. And he finally went to Nepal. There, he met a saint and become his disciple. After performing severe meditation on the god, he attained the spiritual knowledge, and his doubts about worshipping the god was cleared from that moment.
He went to tibet and resided in a cave and began meditating on God, even without taking proper food for several days. Once, he approached a Tibetan Buddhist lama and become his disciple. Under his guidance, he learned the spiritual practices and the philosophies of Buddhism.
After some time, Nabin Chandra travelled to many foreign countries, and taught both the hindu as well as the Buddhist philosophies to the people and ask them to frequently do meditation and to chant the mantras and names of gods, in order to attain SALVATION. He also insisted the people not to cause harm to any living creatures in the earth, and not to take non vegetarian foods. He combined the teachings of Lord Buddha and the Hindu teachings. After that, he went to many holy Buddhist vihars and hindu temples like Mount Kailash, amaranth, badrinath and kedarnath and worshipped Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu.
TEACHINGS
1.Love others, and do good to others, then god will help you in case of difficulty.
2.Give respect to each and every one, treat them as your own brothers and sisters, and show courtesy even to your enemies.
3.Give respect to the religious faith and the sentiments of others. All the religions preach only good things to be followed in our life.
4.Give respect to your elders, give your full support to them, and respect your parents.
5.Work and worship must be done simultaneously. Without proper worship, work cannot be done properly.
6.Have faith in god, and believe that he will give pleasantness in your life.
7.Never hate and curse god, in times of difficult situations. Nothing is in our hands, pray to god, and rest leave it to him. He will instantly do favours for you.
8.Try to develop the habit of praying to the god from your childhood itself, because our life is not guaranteed. We don’t know for how many years we will live, and our life may come to an end at any time. Hence have sincere faith and bhakti on god.
9.Control your senses by doing yoga and meditation. Do not allow bad thoughts to enter in your mind, it will collapse you entirely, and your life will become a failure.
IMPORTANCE
He got great super natural powers through his meditation on god. He lived a pious life, and acts as an example for others. He was a humble, noble and an honest saint, who never hated others, and had done his extended support to poor people. Through the money received from his supporters, he had done many good activities like providing food, clothing and shelter to the poor and the homeless people. He also cleared the mental and the physical diseases of the people through his spiritual powers.
Let us worship the great saint and be blessed.
“OM SREE TIBBATIBABAVE NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR
So nice to get some info about one of my great-grand-guru’s.
My great-grand-guru is Swami Prajnanpad from Channa, who was a disciple of Niralamba Swami, who was a disciple of Soham Swami, who was a disicple of Tibbetibaba.
The Indian wisdom has spread through a disciple of Swami Prajnanpad, Arnaud Desjardins, to France, and through one of Arnaud’s disicples, Philippe d’ Argembeau, to Belgium.