Shri Ramakant Maharaj (b. 08 July 1941), is a direct disciple of the late Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj (d. 08 September 1981), and spent 19 years with him. He is an Indian spiritual teacher of Advaita, Nonduality, and a Guru, belonging to the Inchegiri branch of the Navnath Sampradaya. He, for the last decade or so offered initiation to this Sampradaya.
Ramakant Sawant was brought up in rural Phondaghat, Gadgesakhal Wadi. In 1965, he attended the prestigious establishment of Elphinstone College, Bombay, at the behest of Nisargadatta Maharaj. Following this, he graduated from Bombay University in 1972, (M.A in History and Politics). In 1976, he obtained his LLB qualification, from Siddhartha Law College, Bombay. He worked in banking, in the Legal Department, from 1970 until his retirement as Manager in 2000.
He is married to Anvita Sawant, also a long-standing disciple of Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj. They have two sons.
In 1962, Ramakant Maharaj was introduced by relatives to his future Guru, Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj. After spending a few months with the Master, he took the Naam Mantra, the Guru Mantra on 2nd October, 1962. From then on he attended faithfully, and listened to Nisargadatta Maharaj's discourses regularly. He was present at his Master's Mahasamadhi on 8th September 1981.
During the last decade or so, at Ranjit Ashram in Nashik Road, (Nashik, Maharashtra), Shri Ramakant Maharaj had been introducing students, disciples and devotees from around the world to these teachings and, on occasion, initiating them into the Inchegiri Navnath Sampradaya Lineage.
In 2016 Sri Ramakant Maharaj came to the USA for the first time to share the knowledge and initiate devotees with the Guru Mantra. The USA talks were recorded, transcribed and the videos have been captioned. Those videos can be found on this site along with the transcripts of the talks. The Ramakant Maharaj USA Talks have been translated and captioned in Spanish and French as well as the English captions of the full USA Talks. The Talks have been made into a Free E-Book available on this site and are also included in the New Book 'Ultimate Truth" Sri Ramakant Maharaj.
