Philosophy Of Liberation Interfaith

Author(s): Paramhansa Maharaj, Donald Howard, Veena Howard
Publisher: USA Santmat Society of North America

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Your duty is to study." Maharishi was crushed by this experience. Not long after this incident, Maharishi met Baba Ramanand, whom he also served. He became his disciple and practiced mantra and other Yogic practices taught by Baba Ramanand. Maharishi started to spend more time in solitude practicing the disciplines taught by his spiritual teacher. But he was not fully satisfied with the teachings, and his thirst for the "Truth" became even stronger. Therefore, he concentrated his attention on the spiritual disciplines while continuing his studies. At this time a strong wave of desire to become an ascetic and devote his life fully to that end arose in the heart of Maharishi.
In 1904, on July 4th during an examination at school, Maharishi driven by the longing to become an ascetic decided then and there to renounce the world and seek the Divine. He left his school and home and set out on the difficult journey toward spiritual knowledge. He began his search for a true guru to guide him in his spiritual quest. In this pursuit, Maharishi met various saints and mahatmas. He eagerly served them with devotion. However, in following their teachings, he would at last become disappointed and leave their service. This series of disappointments made him all the more fervent to find a sadguru (true or perfect master) and the path of Divine-Sound described in the scriptures and writings of saints.
In answer to his relentless seeking, Dheeraj Lal, a follower of Baba Devi Sahab, told Maharishi about Sant Mat and the great saint of Northern India. Maharishi ardently studied Sant Mat with this follower of Baba Sahab from May 1909 to July of 1909. He came to understand that this was the path he has been searching for, the
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