Sri Eknath Maharaj

Sant Eknath is one of the legends of the Varkari tradition. A householder saint, he lived the example that no external condition can be a barrier to divine grace. Gender, language, caste, occupation — all of these are like wisps of smoke before the divine. He brought the flood of grace of Sanskrit scripture into his native tongue of Marathi, and stood calmly in the face of orthodox criticism at every turn. Through miracles of physics and miracles of kindness, he quietly asked the world: If God is everywhere, how can anyone be inferior?

Sant Eknath is one of the legends of the Varkari tradition. A householder saint, he lived the example that no external condition can be a barrier to divine grace. Gender, language, caste, occupation — all of these are like wisps of smoke before the divine. He brought the flood of grace of Sanskrit scripture into his native tongue of Marathi, and stood calmly in the face of orthodox criticism at every turn. Through miracles of physics and miracles of kindness, he quietly asked the world: If God is everywhere, how can anyone be inferior? more