[2] He is a disciple of Swami Ramdevanand, a local seer, and Hindu saint from the Garib Das Panth sect.

[13] According to his official biography, Rampal was an ardent devotee of the Hindu deities Hanuman, Krishna and Khatushyam from a young age.

Swami Ramdevanand told him that he could not attain salvation through the prevalent religious practices, which were a "false web" spread by the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, along with their parents Brahm ("Kaal Niranjan") and Durga ("Ashtangi Aadi Maya").

[15] Rampal states that he then studied several spiritual books, including Bhagavad Gita, Kabir Sagar, Sad Granth Saheb by Garib Das, and "all the Puranas".

[15] He gained local popularity by touring various villages and cities in Haryana and became so busy that he resigned from his job as a junior engineer in May 1995.

[15] In 2006, Rampal raised objections to certain parts of Satyarth Prakash, the central text of the Arya Samaj religious sect, referring to them as "impractical and anti-social."

[20] On 1 May 2018, the court acquitted Rampal and his followers Rajender and Ravinder Dhaka in the land grab case registered in 2006.

[22][23] An appeal against the judgement was filed by the Haryana Government and Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, but was rejected by the apex court in February 2013.

[24] On 1 May 2018, Judicial Magistrate Harish Goyal of Rohtak Court acquitted Rampal and three others in the Karontha Ashram land forgery case and rather held the complainantants guilty.

[36] By 18 November, his Satlok Ashram in Hisar was protected by thousands of his followers who wielded lathis and flags reading "SatSaheb," the word used for God.

Both cases pertain to the death of five women and an eighteen-month-old infant at his Satlok Ashram in Barwala in 2014 during clashes between his supporters and police.

Chalia pronounced the punishment for Rampal and fourteen of his followers of life imprisonment and also a fine of ₹1 lakh each was imposed separately for murder and criminal conspiracy.

[8] On 30 October 2021, Rampal was jailed for 3 years under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and the Essential Commodities Act.

This seven-year-old case involves a seizure of 408 LPG cylinders and 2,600 liters of diesel in Satlok Ashram in Barwala town.

[48] Rampal and his followers claim that he is an incarnation of Kabir, a 15th century Indian mystical poet, who is also considered to be the supreme God.

[12][49][50] He claims that all the major religious scriptures — including the Vedas, Gita, Quran, Bible and Guru Granth Sahib — name Kabir as the supreme god.

[52] Rampal preaches against temple visits, dowry, idol worship, unnecessary donations, untouchability, adultery, and "vulgar singing and dancing."

He is strictly against the consumption of meat, tobacco, and alcohol as he says that it incurs great sin and causes immense suffering in next lives.