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	Ram Chandra was born on 30 April 1899 in [[Shahjahanpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="121st-anniv">{{cite news\|date=2020-04-28\|title=Record number of 1,50,000 practitioners from 100 countries to virtually attend the 121st Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Second Guide of Heartfulness\|publisher=apnnews.com\|url=https://www.apnnews.com/record-number-of-150000-practitioners-from-100-countries-to-virtually-attend-the-121st-birth-anniversary-celebrations-of-second-guide-of-heartfulness\|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|date=2020-04-29\|title=Over 1.5 lakh practitioners of Heartfulness to join Babuji's 121st birth anniversary celebrations\|publisher=uniindia.com\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/over-1-5-lakh-practitioners-of-heartfulness-to-join-babuji-s-121st-birth-anniversary-celebrations/south/news/1973124.html\|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> His family was well off: his father Rai Bahadur Shri Badri Prasad held the position of Honorary Special Magistrate 1st Class. He left school after his matriculation, and worked in the local court for thirty-one years as a record keeper.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Chandra\|first=Ram\|title=Complete Works of Ram Chandra Volume 3\|publisher=Shri Ram Chandra Mission\|year=1998\|isbn=81-85177-28-7\|pages=12}}</ref> In June 1922, at the age of twenty-three, he met the spiritual teacher Ram Chandra, who lived in [[Fatehgarh]].<ref name="~~121st~~-~~anniv~~" /><ref name="30-~~April-Special-Hindi~~" />		Ram Chandra was born on 30 April 1899 in [[Shahjahanpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="121st-anniv">{{cite news\|date=2020-04-28\|title=Record number of 1,50,000 practitioners from 100 countries to virtually attend the 121st Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Second Guide of Heartfulness\|publisher=apnnews.com\|url=https://www.apnnews.com/record-number-of-150000-practitioners-from-100-countries-to-virtually-attend-the-121st-birth-anniversary-celebrations-of-second-guide-of-heartfulness\|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|date=2020-04-29\|title=Over 1.5 lakh practitioners of Heartfulness to join Babuji's 121st birth anniversary celebrations\|publisher=uniindia.com\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/over-1-5-lakh-practitioners-of-heartfulness-to-join-babuji-s-121st-birth-anniversary-celebrations/south/news/1973124.html\|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> His family was well off: his father Rai Bahadur Shri Badri Prasad held the position of Honorary Special Magistrate 1st Class. He left school after his matriculation, and worked in the local court for thirty-one years as a record keeper.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Chandra\|first=Ram\|title=Complete Works of Ram Chandra Volume 3\|publisher=Shri Ram Chandra Mission\|year=1998\|isbn=81-85177-28-7\|pages=12}}</ref> In June 1922, at the age of twenty-three, he met the spiritual teacher Ram Chandra, who lived in [[Fatehgarh]].<ref name="30-April-Special-Hindi" /><ref name="121st-anniv" />

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{{short description|Indian spiritual leader}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Ram Chandra (Babuji)
| image = Babuji-3.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Ram Chandra
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|04|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Shahjahanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date|1983|04|19|df=yes}}
| nationality = Citizen of India
| spouse = Bhagwati
| philosophy = [[Sahaj Marg]], [[Raja Yoga]]
| title = Founder, [[Shri Ram Chandra Mission]]
| successor = [[Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari]]
| institute = [[Shri Ram Chandra Mission]]
| founder = [[Shri Ram Chandra Mission]] (1945)
| literary_works =
| website = [https://heartfulness.org/en/babuji Babuji]
}}

'''Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur''' (1899-1983), also known as '''Babuji''', was a [[yogi]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] in northern India. He spent most of his life developing a method of [[Raja Yoga]] meditation called [[Sahaj Marg]] or Heartfulness Meditation. He founded a non-profit organization called [[Shri Ram Chandra Mission]] in 1945, dedicated and named after his teacher, who was also called Ram Chandra.<ref name="30-April-Special-Hindi">{{cite news|last1=Ranjan|first1=Rishi|date=2020-04-29|title=श्री रामचंद्र मिशन के संस्थापक श्री रामचन्द्र की जयंती (30 अप्रैल) पर विशेष|publisher=newstrack.com|url=https://newstrack.com/opinion/special-on-the-birth-anniversary-of-sri-ramachandra-the-founder-of-sri-ramachandra-mission-30-april-568894.html|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Ram Chandra was born on 30 April 1899 in [[Shahjahanpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="121st-anniv">{{cite news|date=2020-04-28|title=Record number of 1,50,000 practitioners from 100 countries to virtually attend the 121st Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Second Guide of Heartfulness|publisher=apnnews.com|url=https://www.apnnews.com/record-number-of-150000-practitioners-from-100-countries-to-virtually-attend-the-121st-birth-anniversary-celebrations-of-second-guide-of-heartfulness|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2020-04-29|title=Over 1.5 lakh practitioners of Heartfulness to join Babuji's 121st birth anniversary celebrations|publisher=uniindia.com|url=http://www.uniindia.com/over-1-5-lakh-practitioners-of-heartfulness-to-join-babuji-s-121st-birth-anniversary-celebrations/south/news/1973124.html|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> His family was well off: his father Rai Bahadur Shri Badri Prasad held the position of Honorary Special Magistrate 1st Class. He left school after his matriculation, and worked in the local court for thirty-one years as a record keeper.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chandra|first=Ram|title=Complete Works of Ram Chandra Volume 3|publisher=Shri Ram Chandra Mission|year=1998|isbn=81-85177-28-7|pages=12}}</ref> In June 1922, at the age of twenty-three, he met the spiritual teacher Ram Chandra, who lived in [[Fatehgarh]].<ref name="121st-anniv" /><ref name="30-April-Special-Hindi" />

== Spiritual life ==
Babuji learnt the [[Rāja yoga|Raja Yoga]] meditation practice from Ram Chandra of Fatehgarh. He developed the method with the intention of making it more applicable in the contemporary world. He founded and registered a non-profit organization called [[Shri Ram Chandra Mission]] in 1945 to teach this new method, which he called [[Sahaj Marg]] (a name which was subsequently changed to "heartfulness meditation"), and he wrote a number of books about it.

==Bibliography==
* ''Reality at Dawn'' (1954) {{isbn|9789388095624}}
* ''Efficacy of Raja Yoga in the Light of Sahaj Marg'' {{isbn|9789388095594}}
* ''Commentary on the Ten Maxims of Sahaj Marg'' (1946) {{isbn|9789388095617}}
* ''Towards Infinity'' (1957)
* ''Sahaj Marg Philosophy'' (1978) {{isbn|9789388095655}}
* ''Voice Real - The First Selection'' (1970)
* ''Voice Real - The Second Selection''
* ''Autobiography of Ram Chandra'' (Volume 1 and 2) (1974)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Indian spiritual teachers]]
[[Category:Indian spiritual writers]]
[[Category:Indian yoga teachers]]
[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]

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