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Tibetan Baba(also known as Tibbettibaba)was one of the few saints in India whose life was an amalgamation of the path followed by Lord Buddha and the Advaita Vedanta path of Hinduism.His original name was Nabin Chandra.He was born on 18th November which corresponded to 2nd Agrahayana of Bengali calendar of the year of His birth. He left his home when he was a teenager in search of knowledge about God. He first attained Savikalpa Samadhi (knowledge of Brahman or God with attributes) making his favourite organism, which was a lamb, as his object of meditation. Next he attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi (knowledge of Brahman or God who is infinite and without attributes) with the help of a Mahayana Buddhist monk in a cave near Manasarovar Lake of Tibet.
Tibbetibaba travelled far and wide spanning the length and breadth of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Burma, enjoying the indescribable beauty of the Nirguna Brahman who manifests all beings of this world. Like his ideal Lord Buddha he alleviated the sufferings of distressed organisms. He followed Lord Buddha’s path of love, non-violence and compassion for all living beings, enjoying the presence of Brahman in all beings at the same time. Such was his love for Lord Buddha that he used to keep an idol of Lord Buddha beside him whenever he went to sleep.
He is among the very few saints in India who have made their soul to permanently enter into another human body. In Hinduism it is held that birth and death is like changing one’s cloth. Birth occurs when a soul enters a new body. When the soul discards the body the incident is called death. When after wandering for many years, He found that his body has grown weak He decided to enter his soul into the body of a Tibetan Buddhist monk whose soul had just permanently left its body. The image or photograph or painting or idol of Tibbetibaba that is visible to everyone today is that of body of the Tibetan Buddhist monk.
One of the minute specks of His infinite greatness, which is a part of the supreme Lord of this universe, was his ability of selflessly alleviating pain of others by using the unique medicines prepared by him.
Some of his teachings:
1) There is an element of goodness in badness and badness in goodness (Comment: No thing or event in this world is perfectly good or perfectly bad).
2) You must not consider yourself as body or mind as you are the supreme soul or God (Comment: This view is Advaita Vedantic view).
3) The path of song and the path of knowledge is the path of Godhood.
4) You must look at the sky and make an effort to make your your heart as large as the sky.
5) You must not say bitter things and indulge in acts that appear bitter.
6) One must not keep birds and aninmals in a cage as it will bring misery in the long run.
Some of his disciples and bhaktas(devotees)were:
1) Dharmadas Rai.
2) Dr. Kunjeshwar Mishra: He had published a book on Tibbetibaba.
3) Akshay Mitra.
4) The adopted son of Kaliprasanna Mitra.
5) The paternal grandfather of lawyer named Suresh.
6) Sohan Swami: He was formerly known as Shyamakanta Bandopaddhyaya.
7) Mong Paine: He was a Burmese.
8) Bhootnath Ta: He was the landlord of Palitpur village which is located in the Burdwan district of West Bengal in India. The village is Burdwan town. 9) Dharma Das Mondal.
10) Dwijapada.
11) Sadhana Moitra: She was a direct female disciple of Tibbetibaba. Dr. Kunjeshwar Mishra was the husband of the sister-in-law of Sadhana Moitra.
His ashram and Samadhi (tomb): His ashram and Samadhi is located in Palitpur village near Burdwan town of Burdwan district in West Bengal in India.
Further reading (books published in Bengali language): 1) Bharater Sadhak O Sadhika.This book is written by Sudhanshu Ranjan Ghosh.It is published in India by Tuli Kalam Publication. Address: 1, College Row, Kolkata – 700 009. India
2) Bharater Sadhak – Sadhika (Volume 1).This book is written by Subodh Chakravorty.It is published in India by Kamini Publication. Address: 115, Akhil Mistry Lane, Kolkata – 700 009 India
SOURCES (books published in Bengali language):
1) Bharater Sadhak O Sadhika (pages: 318 – 343). Year of publication: 1992(Bengali calendar year – 1399). This book is written by Sudhanshu Ranjan Ghosh.It is published in India by Tuli Kalam Publication. Address: 1, College Row, Kolkata – 700 009 India
2) Bharater Sadhak – Sadhika (Volume 1.pages 450 – 478) Year of publication: 1997 (Bengali calendar year – 1404). This book is written by Subodh Chakravorty.It is published in India by Kamini Publication. Address: 115, Akhil Mistry Lane, Kolkata – 700 009. India
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