Radha Soami ji
Soami Ji Maharaj and Tulsi Sahib Ji were not first to practice surat shabad yog. All the saints mention word or shabad or kalma or naam. They may be of any caste or may come at any time. Radha Soami movement traces its origins to Soami Ji (Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj) from what is now in Uttar Pradesh State. There are a number of other contemporary movements that use the name "Radhasoami" but Radha Soami Satsang Beas is not associated with any of them. The Beas Satsang was founded by Shiv Dayal Singh's disciple Jaimal Singh. Soami Ji Maharaj ordered Baba Ji Maharaj (Hazur Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj)to go to Beas and spread Radha Soami teachings in Punjab. The Beas lineage is,
"Soami Shiv Dayal Ji"
(1818-1878)
Seth Shiv Dayal Ji also known as Soami Ji Maharaj, He was born August 25, 1818, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. At the age of five, he was sent to school where he learnt Hindi, Urdu, Persian and Gurumukhi. The recitation of the Sikh scriptures was an article of faith in his family. His father, Dilwali Singh Sethi was a Sahejdhari Khatri Sikh, belonging to the order of Nanak Panthis. His family including his father, mother, mother-in-law, sister and his wife Radha Ji Naraini Devi were the followers of Param Sant Tulsi Sahib from Hathras, India.Sant Tulsi Sahib ji initiated him at the age of six.He was married at an early age to Naraini Devi, daughter of Izzat Rai of Faridabad. She was of a generous disposition and was very devoted to her husband. Shiv Dayalji was selected direct from school to act as a Persian expert to a government officer in Banda. As the job did not suit him, he gave it up and took another job as a teacher of Persian with a talukdar of Ballabhgarh estate. His spiritual cravings, however, were so intense that worldly attainments no longer attracted him and he gave up even this lucrative job. He returned home for devoting his entire time to religious pursuits
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| "Soami Shiv Dayal Ji" (1818-1878) |
After the death of Tusli Saheb he practiced Surat Shabd Yoga for 15 years in almost total seclusion in a room within a room. He started holding satsang publicly on Vasant Panchami (a spring festival) in 1861. This schedule continued for 17 years.He was the first Satguru to use the appellation of Radha Soami for the Supreme Being in his teachings. Swami ji originally referred to the Supreme Being with the names "Satnaam" and "Anaami". The movement became known as Radha Soami, (Radha meaning "Soul" and Soami meaning "Lord", hence "Lord of the Soul") after Rai Saligram came to him as a disciple. The yoga system taught by Swami Ji is known as Surat Shabd Yoga.He departed from this world on June 15, 1878 in Agra, India.
Swami ji has described the secret of divine and true 'Naam'.
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"Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji"(1858-1948)
Baba Sawan Singh also known as "The Great Master" or "Bade Maharaji" was an Indian Saint. He was the second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) from the death of Baba Jaimal Singh in 1903. Before he died he appointed Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh as his spiritual successor at Beas.Disciples of his who after his death have formed separate spiritual missions at other places in India[4] include Sant Kirpal Singh, Baba Somanath, Pritam Das, Shah Mastana Ji and Ishwar Puri.Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji was born into a Sikh family on 27 July 1858 in village Jatala, District Ludhiana. His father was Subedar Major Kabul Singh and his mother was Mata Jiwani. He was married to Mata Kishan Kaur Ji and together they had three children. He passed Engineering from Thomason College, Roorkee and joined the Military Engineering Service. His bearing was majestic and attractive.
He studied scriptures of various religions but retained a strong connection with the Gurbani of the Sikh religion.
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| "Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji" (1858-1948) |
He had contact with a mystic of Peshawar named Baba Kahan who he hoped to get initiation from but was refused. "I associated with him for several months and during that time he showed supernatural powers on several occasions. When I asked him if he would shower grace upon me by initiating me, he answered: "No, he is somebody else; I do not have your share.' I then asked him to tell me who that person was so that I could contact him. He replied: "When the time comes, he will himself find you.
Later when Sawan was stationed at Murree, he met Baba Jaimal Singh ji, who said to his companion that he had come to initiate Sawan Singh Ji. After much arguing and discussion and several conferences with Baba Ji, Sawan Singh Ji became thoroughly convinced and received Initiation from Baba Jaimal Singh Ji on the 15th day of October, 1894.
He retired in 1911 and set up Dera Baba Jaimal Singh at Beas whose foundations had been laid by his Master in 1891, and built houses, bungalows and a Satsang Hall at the Dera premsis. He sheltered victims of the communal partition holocaust. His following included Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, and from abroad. True to his name, Sawan- The Season of Rain, he showered his Master's wealth freely. He was very devoted to his Master Jaimal Singh.
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Baba Gurinder Singh,the spiritual head of Radha Soami Satsang, Beas, has a magnetic and radiant personality. Educated at Sanawar and Panjab University, Baba Ji believes that God is one, and that our soul is a particle of His divine essence. This divine essence is the spiritual vibration, the creative energy, the life-stream by which the creation took place and which energises and sustains all life and links us with our Creator. The soul has descended from its original Home of Bliss and has become a captive in the prison-house of mind and body.
"Gurinder Singh Ji" (Baba Ji)
Baba Gurinder Singh ji became the successor to Maharaj Charan Singh at the age of 36 years on June 1, 1990. He is one of the youngest teachers to be appointed to head the Dera,Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Baba Gurinder Singh Ji, was born in 1954 on August 1. Before accepting the position to head the RSSB, he lived and worked in Spain.
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| "Gurinder Singh Ji" (Baba Ji) |
Human life is a rare privilege. It provides the only opportunity to attain God-realisation. The Goddwells in the human body and we should seek Him there. He is not to be found outside in forests, hills, holy river waters, temples and mosques. He has never been realised and will never be realised through external rites and rituals. It is not necessary to renounce the world and wander about to attain Him.
The main obstacle between us and the Lord is our mind. This obstacle can be removed only by means of joining our soul with His True Name, also called the Divine Melody, the Sound Current, Shabd, Word or Logos. This True Name cannot be written, read or spoken. It is beyond all sensory knowledge. It can be realised only by direct perception of the soul. It is ringing all the 24 hours at the third eye in the forehead between and slightly above the two eyebrows.
The main obstacle between us and the Lord is our mind. This obstacle can be removed only by means of joining our soul with His True Name, also called the Divine Melody, the Sound Current, Shabd, Word or Logos. This True Name cannot be written, read or spoken. It is beyond all sensory knowledge. It can be realised only by direct perception of the soul. It is ringing all the 24 hours at the third eye in the forehead between and slightly above the two eyebrows.
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