Satguru Shri Wamanrao Pai was born to a middle class family in Mumbai. He was born on 21st of October,
1923. He completed his graduation majoring in Economics from Mumbai University
in 1944. Satguru Wamanrao Pai leads
a happy married life and is father to a daughter and a son. After graduation he
worked for Maharashtra State Government where he retired in 1981 as a Deputy
Secretary, Finance. He was a
follower of Shri Nana Maharaj Shreegondekar.At an very early age of 25, he was
inclined to spiritualism. He has worked diligently to self realisation. His
efforts and devotion have made him attain his highest goals of spiritual
sadhana.
Satguru started imparting
his spiritual knowledge in the form of courses at different spiritual centres
and the Vivekanada Centre in Mumbai. Satguru and his followers established a
trust for spiritual upliftment and empowerement of the people. They called the
trust Nam Sampraday Mandal in 1955 on the auspicious Dassera day. Nam Sampraday
Mandal is know known as Jeevanvidya Mission.
He has more than 25 books
to his credit which are learned by many devotees all over. He has delivered
more than ten thousand lectures across Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and even the
United States. The belief and philosophy of Satguru Wamanrai Pai are life
changing and inspirational. His teachings bring a breathe of freshness to one’s
thinking and outlook towards life. Everyone part of Jeevanvidya Mission are
thankful to Satguru for his contribution to spiritual enlightenment of us all.
Jeevanvidya Mission is a
movement started in Maharashtra, India by Satguru Shri Wamanrao Pai for the
material and spiritual upliftment of mankind. It is one of the many spiritual
movements in India.
The word Jeevanvidya is a
Sanskrit word that can be broken down into Jeevan (meaning life) and vidya
(meaning knowledge). The aim of this mission is to teach the common people the
art of living a happy and prosporous life. Jeevanvidya is a philosophy of life
and an art of successful living. It aims at achieving material prosperity and
attaining spiritual progress through relentless efforts, on the basis of
circumstances as they stand.
The activities of
Jeevanvidya Mission include: Conducting Discourses. Satguru Shri Wamanrao Pai's
discourses are organized all over Western India for last 60 years. In 1998, a
lecture series of Satguru Shri Wamanrao Pai was held in USA. Publication of
books. More than 25 books are published, mainly in Marathi. However, some books
are also published in other languages such as Hindi, English, Gujarati &
Kannada. “Deepastambha” magazine is published quarterly. Conducting courses.
Jeevanvidya Basic Courses and Advanced courses are conducted covering various
topics of Jeevanvidya Philosophy.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy: (August 14, 1774 – September 27, 1833) was a founder of the Brahma
Sabha in 1828 which engendered the Brahmo Samaj, an influential Indian
socio-religious reform movement. He is best known for his efforts to abolish
the practice of sati, the Hindu funeral practice in which the widow was
compelled to sacrifice herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. It was he who
first introduced the word "Hinduism" into the English language in
1816. For his diverse contributions to society, Raja Ram Mohan Roy is regarded
as one of the most important figures in the Indian Renaissance. Ram Mohan Roy's
impact on modern Indian history was a revival of the pure and ethical
principles of the Vedanta school of philosophy as found in the Upanishad
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