16 Facts About Mehi

Maharshi Mehi Paramhans was a sant in the tradition of Sant Mat.

Mehi studied Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, different sutras of Buddhism, the Quran, saint's literature and from this assessed that the essential teaching contained in all of these is one and the same.

Mehi taught a method to attain 'Moksha' which is 'Satsang'.

Mehi was a direct disciple of Baba Devi Sahab of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Maharshi Mehi was born in Kayastha family on 28 April 1885 at his maternal grandparents' home in Khokhsi Shyam Village, in Saharsa, Bihar, India.

Mehi studied alone from an early age and later with Baba Devi Sahab in 1909.

Mehi's adopted name, Mehi, means lean and thin and sharp or subtle.

Mehi was admitted to the village school when he turned eight.

Mehi's father used to get emotional while reciting and at times burst into tears.

Mehi learned English, Urdu, and Persian languages at secondary school.

Mehi had made already three unsuccessful attempts to flee home, but this time he was determined and he was never to look back again.

Per family tradition, Mehi was initiated by Mr Ram Jha, a Brahmin priest from Darbhanga district of the state of Bihar, in 1902.

Curious questioning about the 'sara shabda' by Mehi often irritated or even infuriated his guru Ramanand Swami Ji which left Mehi dissatisfied and convinced that he would have to find another suitable guru.

Mehi was satisfied with the clarifications offered by Mr Dhiraj Lal on many topics that had been puzzling Mehi for a long time.

So, after getting free from his duties towards Ramanand Swami Ji in the night he would approach Mr Dhiraj Lal and the two had discussions from midnight to about 3 AM and this went on for about three months till Mehi became convinced that he had landed in the right spot and that Baba Devi Sahab was indeed the true Guru he had been looking for.

Mehi had some preliminary discussions with Mehi and saw in him a genuine seeker thirsting for freedom from the bondage of BMI.