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''Debuji Zhingraji Janorkar (February 23, 1876 – December 20, 1956) popularly known as Sant Gadge Maharaj or Gadge Baba ((ヒンディー語:गाडगे बाबा)) was a saintly social reformer, a wandering mendicant who held weekly festivals with the help of his disciples across Maharashtra. His reforms and visions for villages in India are still a source of inspiration for various political parties and non-government organizations. ==Life and career== His original name was Davidas Debuji. Maharaj was born in Shedgaon village in Anjangaon Surji Taluka in Amravati District of Maharashtra to a Dhobi family. A public teacher, he travelled from one place to another wearing his food pan upturned on his head and carrying his trademark broom. When he entered a village, he would instantly start cleaning the gutters and roads of the village. He also told the citizens of the village that their congratulations would have to wait until his work was done. Villagers gave him money, babaji use that for progress of physical as well as thinking of society. From the money, Maharaj built educational institutions, dharmasalas, hospitals and animal shelters. He conducted his discourses in the form of "Kirtans" (a form of discourse which includes devotional songs by Saints) in which he would emphasize values like service to humanity and compassion. During his Kirtans, he would educate people against blind faiths and rituals. He would use Dohas (couplets of a song) by Saint Kabir in his discourses.〔url = http://socialreformers.sgbaulib.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:sant-gadge-baba-audio&catid=34:about-sant-gadge-baba&Itemid=66|title = 'Sant Gadge Baba Kirtans'〕 He exhorted people to stop animal sacrifice as part of religious rituals and campaigned against vices such as alcohol abuse. He tried to embody the values that he preached: hard work, simple living and selfless service to the poor. He abandoned his family (a wife and three children) to pursue this path.〔G.N. Dandekar (2009). ''Shree Gadge Maharaj''. Translated by P.J. Godbole. Published by Mrunmayee Prakashan.〕 Maharaj met the spiritual teacher Meher Baba several times. Meher Baba indicated that Maharaj was one of his favorite saints〔Kalchuri, Bhau (1986). ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher''. 14. Myrtle Beach: Manifestation, Inc. pp. 4924.〕 and that Maharaj was on the sixth plane of consciousness.〔Kalchuri, Bhau (1986). ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher''. 1. Myrtle Beach: Manifestation, Inc. p.190.〕 Maharaj invited Meher Baba to Pandharpur, India, and on 6 November 1954 thousands of people had Maharaj and Meher Baba's darshan.〔Kalchuri, Bhau (1986). ''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher''. 13. Myrtle Beach: Manifestation, Inc. pp. 4571-77.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gadge Maharaj」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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