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==Spiritual life==

Ram Charan began to lose interest in [[materialism]] after his father's death in 1743 AD. One andday he found out about the forecast of ''[[Bhringi]]'' [[Saint]] about his destiny. On thethat same night he had a dream indreamt whichthat a saint saved him from drowning in a river.<ref name=x>Page 324, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Ahmedabad Government Central Press 1879 https://archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay18enthgoog#page/n346/mode/2up</ref> The next day, he got permission from his family indirectly to leave home forever and began his quest to know God and find a perfect spiritual [[Guru]] in 1808 [[Bikram Samwat]]. Some believed that he left his house leaving his wife and a daughter behind.

[[File:Vaaniold.png|thumb|Picture of oldest version of "Anubhav Vaani", the collection of works composed by Ram Charan Maharaj. It originally belonged to Saroopabai, the daughter of NavalRamji. It is handwritten and illustrated. About 200 years old, now kept at Shahpura Ramdwara.]]

He started travelling southwards, asking people about the saint he saw in his dream, explaining what the saint would look like. Finally, he found the saint "Kripa Ram" in Dantra village near Shahpura in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. He became a [[Apprenticeship|disciple]] of Kripa Ram Maharaj and followed him. For nine years of [[tapasya]] he lived under the command of saint Kripa Ram.