Beli Ram, Sri Swami Swarupanand Ji Maharaj (1884 - 9 April 1936) was an Indian guru of the Advait Mat lineage. He was also known as "Second Master", "Param Sant Ji" and as Sri Nagli Sahib. [1]

He was born in Kohat, India, and the young Beli Ram was initiated into sanyasas in the early 1900s in Teri by Advaitanand Ji, who called him Swarupanand Ji. During the life of Advaitanand, Swarupanand created an order of sannyasins (or renunciates) in the north of India and founded several centers in order to disseminate the teachings of his master [2]

In 1935 he moved from Punjab to Delhi. He died a year later on April 9, 1936 in the village of Nagli, near Meerut. [3] When Swarupanand died, he had ten thousand followers and more than three hundred "ashrams" (monastic communities) in the north of India. One of his disciples was Hans Ji Maharaj, who founded the Mission of the Divine Light [4].

There were reports of Swarupanand indications that Hans Ji Maharaj would be his successor, which was later fought by a group of mahatmas who did not appreciate the fact that Hans Hans was married, which made him a "head of the family" , a state that in his opinion as renunciants was not acceptable [5]. According to another account, Swarupanand was succeeded by Shri Swami Vairag Anand Ji Maharaj, also known as the "Third Master" [6].

Swarupanand is sometimes confused with Anand Swarup of the Radha Soami lineage.

1. ^ Pur, Anand, Paramhansa Advait Mat: A life sketch of the Illustrious Master of the Mat (1975), p.145-6, Shri Anandpur Trust

2. ^ Sri Swami Sar Shabdanand Ji, Shri Swarup Darshan (1998), pp.17-59. New Delhi: Sar Shabd Mission.

3. ^ Vaudeville, Charlotte. Sant Mat: Studies in a Devotional Tradition in India in Schomer, K. and McLeod, W. ISBN 0-9612208-0-5

4. ^ Melton, J. Gordon, Bauman, Martin. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (2002), p.427, ISBN 1576072231

5. ^ Geaves, Ron. From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara), (2002) Essay presented at the Spalding Symposium No. 27 on religions of India, Oxford. March 2002.

6. ^ Pur, Anand, Paramhansa Advait Mat: A life sketch of the Illustrious Master of the Mat (1975), Shri Anandpur Trust (originalmente publicado en Hindi, fecha desconocida)

7. ^ Shri Swarup Darshan Ibid. pp.23-4

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