His efforts were finally rewarded and his Master blessed him. Since his Master had taught him only meditation there was no alternative for him to find out the way to attain the Final Reality without meditation. He started his meditation in Bijapur on the raised platform like a minaret (upli buruj) sitting over an old gun and he meditated for nine months without a break. He decided to set on that arduous path on his own and left them and returned to Bijapur at his home. He agreed with them, but reiterated, "Okay! Can one not go beyond that?" Brother disciples disagreed with Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj, saying that their Master Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj has not told them so. In the year 1920 when he was on the tour of popularising his Master's teachings, he got the idea, that one should go beyond meditation because meditation is an initial stage to attain Final Reality. In 1918, he renounced the world and joined his four brother disciples to popularise his Master's teachings. Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj, after passing away of his Master Bhausaheb Maharaj in the year 1914, was meditating on the teachings of his Master. This method is known as Pipilika Marg or the ant's way in Hindu Mythology, it is a slow process of attaining Final Reality. The main aim or goal of teaching meditation was to attain Final Reality. Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj, understanding the mental capacity and lifestyle of the people then, started teaching "Meditation" to his disciples at this monastery.
Here he met his Master Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj, who had built a monastery (Math) in the small village called Inchgiri in Karnataka State of India which started in the year 1885. He did his work with earnestness and with and settled down in Bijapur. At the age of 16, even though he was premature to work, he took up a job of an accountant in a Marwadi firm at Bijapur.
He retorted his answers to every question with full meaning. He was always very straight forward and spoke with a thoughtful idea. He did not study much at the school level but he was very intelligent, clever and smart in all his behaviour. Later on he was known as "Siddharameshwar Maharaj."Įven in his childhood he was very much sharp, active and had the capacity to imbibe things very quickly. And hence his name was kept Siddharamappa. He also said that one day the boy will become a great Saint. On the sixth day of his birth, his grandmother had a dream in which great Saint Siddheshwar appeared before her and told her that the boy who is born, is his incarnation and asked her to name him Siddheshwar. in a small village called "Pathri" in the district Sholapur of India. He was born in the month of August 1888 A.D. Shri Samartha Siddharameshwar Maharaj is one of the greatest unknown saints of the age. He who takes refuge in the seen perishes, and he who takes refuge in Reality attains Eternal peace. The One who resides in each heart is Reality and He alone is real. To attain Self-realisation is to fulfill one's duty, which is to live as Reality while in a human form. Man alone has the ability to think and to understand his true nature.
One who has the desire for his well-being, to be liberated from mental bondage, acquires the knowledge of the Self, sooner or later, and avoids birth and death. The answer to "Who am I?" will reveal one's true nature. All doubts are dispelled and all problems related to worldly life are resolved through Self-knowledge. Men certainly reach Reality through devotion to the Self.