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Shiv Dayal Singh

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{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj
| image = Shiv Dayal Singh Ji.jpg
| alias = Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami Ji Maharaj (honorific used by devotees)
| religion = Sant Mat, [[Radha Soami]]
| relatives = Shri Deewan Shayam Lal Ji (Grandfather) Bibi Sardo Ji (Sister)
| sect = Uttari Bharat ki Sant Parampara (Sant Tradition of North India)
| Title = Sant Sat Guru
| Period = 1861-1878
| Successor = Baba Jaimal Singh
| birth_date = 25 August 1818
| birth_place = Panni Gali, Agra, Ceded Provinces, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1878|6|15|df=y|1818|8|25}}
| death_place = Panni Gali, Agra, [[North-Western Provinces]], British India
}}
'''Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj''', called by the honorific "Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami ji Maharaj" by his disciples and devotees, was born on 25 August 1818 in [[Agra]] in the colonial era [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]), and died on 15 June 1878 in the same city. His parents were followers of a spiritual guru Tulsi Saheb. Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj founded the [[Radha Soami|Radhasoami]] movement – a 19th-century spiritual faith.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC| year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=15–19, 38–42 with footnotes}}</ref>

==Early life ==
The parents of Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh were residents of Punjab, but moved to Agra at the behest of the colonial British government who had set up a major military center there and relied heavily on Sikhs from the Punjab region to staff the base.<ref name="mj15">{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC| year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=15–16 with footnotes}}</ref> At the age of five,Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh was sent to school where he learnt [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and Gurumukhi, Arabic and [[Sanskrit]]. His father, Seth Dilwali Singh was a Sahejdhari Khatri.<ref>''Jivan Charitar Hazur Maharaj'' by Ajodhyā Parshād, p. 36.</ref><ref>''Jivan Charitar Soāmiji Mahārāj'' by Partap Singh Seth, p. 6.</ref> His family including his father, mother, mother-in-law, sister and his wife Nārāini Devi (called "Rādhāji" by followers and devotees) were followers of [[Guru Nanak]], which would make them [[Nanakpanthi|Nanakpanthis]] or Sikhs, states Mark Juergensmeyer.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16" /> In addition, during Singh's childhood, the family also sought the spiritual tutelage of a local living guru named Sant Tulsi "Saheb" of Hathras, India.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16">{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC|year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=16–17 with footnotes}}</ref>
==Adulthood==
His marriage to Nārāini Devi (later called "Rādhā ji" by followers and devotees), daughter of Izzat Rai of [[Faridabad]] was arranged at an early age. After Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh completed his education, he became a Persian language translator to a government officer.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16" /> He left the job and became a teacher of Persian language. Once his brother gained an employment at Indian post office, he left his Persian language job, and joined his father's moneylending business. He spent increasing amount of his time, to religious pursuits. He began giving spiritual discourses based on the scriptures of [[Sikhism]] and writings of Tulsi Sahib.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16" />
==Practice==
After the death of Sant Tulsi Saheb in 1843, Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh practiced Surat Shabd Yoga for 15 years in almost total seclusion in a room within a room. He started holding Satsang (spiritual discourse) publicly on [[Vasant Panchami]] (a spring festival) in 1861, and continued for 17 years. Thus Basant Panchami is a very special day for the followers of the Radhasoami Faith.
==Teachings==
Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh originally referred to the Supreme Being with the names "Sat Nām" (True Name) and "Anāmi" (Nameless). The term Rādhāsoāmi ("Rādhā"="Soul" and "Soami"="Lord", hence "Lord of the Soul") was used after Hazur Rai Saligram Bahadur became a disciple. On the request of Saligram Bahadur , Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh declared Satsang open on Basant Panchami Day on 1861.<ref>[http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs1.html The Radhasoami Tradition by David C. Lane. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1992.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517171315/http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs1.html |date=2011-05-17 }}</ref> The yoga system taught by Shiv Dayāl Singh is known as Surat Shabd Yoga.

Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh described the secret of the True Name (Sat Nam).
[[File:SethShivDayalSingh.jpg|thumb|230px]]
[[File:Dayal-bagh-12.JPG|thumb|Soami Bagh - Soamiji's Samadh]]
[[File:Soami Bagh in Agra - June 2001 rs1.jpg|thumb|Soami Bagh in 2001]]
His ''bani'' (poetical compositions) and sayings from satsang were published in two books after he died. Both are called ''Sār Bachan'' or ''Sār Vachan'' (meaning 'essential utterances') :<ref>[http://www.radhasoamisatsang.org/sm/sm_detail.htm Radhasoamisatsang.org: Books by Swami ji Maharaj]</ref><ref>[http://www.radhaswamidinod.org/lineage.htm Radhaswamidinod.org: Books by Swami ji Maharaj] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008112319/http://www.radhaswamidinod.org/lineage.htm |date=2008-10-08 }}</ref><ref>"I have a book in my collection called the Sar Bachan written by Sardar Seva Singh, which is the teachings of the Sound Current, and acts as practically my Bible!" —[[Paul Twitchell]] in a letter to future wife Gail, 8 July 1963; in Paul Twitchell, ''Letters to Gail'', volume II, Menlo Park: [[ECKANKAR]], 1977, page 149. ("Sardar" Seva Singh was the [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] translator of the ''Sar Bachan'' into English.)</ref>
*Sār Vachan Vartik (Sar Bachan in prose)
*Sār Vachan Chhand Band (Sar Bachan in verse)
Sār Vachan Vartik is in two parts: part one being an introduction written by Salig Ram and part two compiled of notes taken from the discourses of Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh, which he delivered in satsang up to 1878. They cover important teachings of the faith.
His poems in Sār Vachan Chhand Band are replete with emotional appeal - a successful blending of popular poetic expressions from different languages of north India such as, Khari-Boli, Awadhi, Brijbhasha, [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] and Gurumukhi.
==Soami Bagh and Dayal Bagh==
The locality called "Soami Bagh" ("Soami's Garden"), the former home of Seth Shiv Dayal Singh and the present location of his tomb-shrine, is currently owned and controlled by the twin organizations known as the Radhasoami Satsang Central Administrative Council and the Radhasoami Trust (called "the Council and the Trust" for short). Its across-the-street neighbor "Dayal Bagh" ("Garden of the Merciful") is owned and controlled by the organization Radhasoami Satsang Sabha [[Dayalbagh]] . Dayal Bagh and its founder-guru Sir [[Anand Swarup]], Kt. were broadcast to the Western public by Paul Brunton in his famed ''A Search in Secret India''. Sir Anand Swarup received a knighthood for the massive social construction work performed at Dayal Bagh. The two organizations, Council/Trust and Dayalbagh, are both existent and functioning. The major dispute between the two groups is due to two divergent views: The members of Council/Trust claim that Council/Trust is the "parent stock" of Radhasoami faith.
The members of Dayalbagh Sabha want access to the tomb-shrine of the revered Seth Shiv Dayal Singh. The tomb-shrine (called ‘Samadh’), was built over 100 years by efforts of the Council/Trust. Soami Bagh Council/Trust allows all satsangis and tourists to visit Samadh, but does not allow religious processions in the Holy Samadh from anyone outside the Council/Trust.
In this light, Dayalbagh Sabha organised "SPIRICON 2010", a conference of various organizations who revere Seth Shiv Dayal Singh (boycotted by Council/Trust), to promote mutual respect and to petition access to the tomb-shrine of supreme guru Seth Shiv Dayal Singh.
==See also==
*Contemporary Sant Mat movements
*[[Dayalbagh]]
*Sant Mat
==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.radhasoamisatsang.org
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080410220324/http://www.radhaswamidinod.org/faith.htm
*http://www.aors-dbbs.org/index.html
*http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/movements/radhasoamis/The%20radhasoamis.htm
*http://malankazlev.com/kheper/topics/chakras/chakras-SantMat.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080509170243/http://www.seekersway.org/seekers_guide/radhasoami_1_g.html
*http://www.radhasoami-faith.info/Books_Frame.shtml
*[http://www.rssb.org/ Radha Soami Satsang Beas]
*[http://www.scienceofthesoul.org/ Science of the Soul]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050911034118/http://www.santmat-meditation.net/guru/chart.html Sant Mat - Surat Shabd Yoga: Contemporary Guru Lines & Branches]
*http://radhasoamidayal.net/GuruIntro.html
*http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/data-server/eacharya-documents/548158e2e41301125fd790cf_INFIEP_72/110/ET/72-110-ET-V1-S1{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Jagat Singh (Sant)

2023-06-28T17:33:26Z

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{{Infobox religious biography
| background = #FFA500
| name = Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji
| image = Sardar_Bahadur_Jagat_Singh_Ji_giving_Satsang.jpg
| religion = Sant Mat , [[ Radha Soami ]]
| alias = Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Ji
| parents = Sardar Bhola Singh Ji (Father), Mata Nand Kaur Ji (Mother)
| spouse = Mata Sada Kaur Ji
| children = Sardar Jaswant Singh Ji
| relatives = Sardar Bhagat Singh Ji Kaler (Cousin Brother), Mata Rukmani Kaur Ji (His Father's Aunt), Gyan, Cookie & Monika (Granddaughters), Dicky (Grandson)
| location = Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Beas, Punjab
| Title =
| Period = 1948 - 1951
| Predecessor = [[Sawan Singh|Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji]]
| Successor = [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh Ji]]
| ordination =
| post = Sant , Satguru
| birth_date = 27 July 1884
| birth_place = Nussi, Jalandhar, Punjab
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1951|10|23|1884|7|27}}
| death_place = Beas, Punjab
| website = {{URL|https://www.rssb.org/}}
}}
Born into a prosperous Sikh farming family in the Punjab of India, '''Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji''' (1884-1951) became a Surat Shabd Yoga practitioner and initiate of the [[Sant (religion)|Sant]] and [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] [[Satguru|Guru]] [[Sawan Singh|Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji]]. He worked as a college chemistry professor at an Agricultural College<ref>''Radhasoami Reality: the logic of a modern faith'' by [[Mark Juergensmeyer]]. p.51. Princeton University Press, 1991</ref> and was honoured for meritorious service by the British as Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh. After retirement he was chosen by his spiritual Master to be his successor, becoming the third Guru of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]]. Remembered as quiet, inconspicuous, and unassuming, he was once described by the Muslim mystic Sain Lasoori Shah Ji of Lyallpur as a "perfect disciple" who became a "perfect Master".<ref>''Discourse on Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh'' by Air Vice Marshal Kundan Sondhi. R.S.Greetings periodical April 1971, pp.26-40. RS Satsang USA</ref><ref>''Heaven on Earth'' by Daryai Lal Lal Kapur. p.236. RS Satsang Beas, 1986</ref>

==Background==
Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji was born on 27 July 1884 into a family of prosperous and religious Jat Sikh farmers,<ref>''In the footsteps of the Master'', p.3. RS Satsang Beas, 1993</ref> in the small village of Nussi in the Jalandhar District of the Punjab, India. His parents were Sardar Bhola Singh, a farmer, and Mata Nand Kaur. His mother Mata Nand Kaur died when he was (Sardar Bahadur Ji) five years old. He was raised by his father's aunt (stepmother) Bibi Rukmani Kaur. He received his initial education in the Christian Mission School at Jalandhar. He then passed his MSc degree in Chemistry at the Government College of Lahore.<ref>''In the footsteps of the Master''. p.3. RS Satsang Beas, 1993</ref> He joined the Punjab Agricultural College, Lyallpur, in 1911 as Assistant Professor of Chemistry and retired as Vice Principal of the institution in 1943 receiving the title Sardar Bahadur for his thirty-two years of meritorious service.<ref>''Heaven on Earth'' by Daryai Lal Lal Kapur. p.244. RS Satsang Beas, 1986</ref><ref>''The science of the soul'' by [[Maharaj Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh]]. p.vii. Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1959</ref>
==Spiritual path==
In Abbotabad on 28 December 1910 at the age of twenty-six, he was initiated into the meditation practice of Surat Shabd Yoga (also known as ''Nam Bhakti'') by [[Sawan Singh|Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji]]. He had gone there with his cousin Sardar Bhagat Singh Kaler and the Judge Rai Sahib Munshi Ram to hear his future guru, who was still in service there, deliver satsang.
Throughout his own career as a college professor he made it a point to spend most of his weekends with his guru Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh at the [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas|Dera]] and to spend most of his time in the Surat Shabd Yoga meditation practice. After his retirement in 1943, he lived permanently at [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas|Dera Baba Jaimal Singh]].<ref>''Heaven on Earth'' by Daryai Lal Lal Kapur. p.229. RS Satsang Beas, 1986</ref>
==Demise==
He died on the morning of 23 October 1951. Before he died he appointed [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh Ji]] as his spiritual successor in a written will.

== Books ==
* Science of The Soul (English)
* Discourse on Sant Mat 2 (English)

== Teachings ==
Some excerpts from his teachings:
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''Write on the door of every temple, mosque that God dwells in the heart of man, beyond religions and castes.''
</blockquote>

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''The light form of SatGuru will be manifested within you only if you drive out all the desires of the world from within.''
</blockquote>

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''My brothers! This path requires hard work. Unless we have the courage and the effort to do our best, the inner door cannot open.''
</blockquote>

==References on his life==
*Maharaj Jagat Singh, ''Discourses on Sant Mat'', volume 2. Compiled translated talks. {{ISBN|81-8256-710-6}}
*Maharaj Jagat Singh, ''Science of the Soul'', Beas: Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Compiled translated excerpts from talks and letters. {{ISBN|978-81-8256-914-0}}
*Kapur, Daryai Lal, ''Heaven on Earth'', Beas: Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1986. Historical narrative. {{ISBN|978-81-8256-122-9}}
*Munshi Ram, ''With the Three Masters'', volume 2 ({{ISBN|81-8256-501-4}}) and volume 3 ({{ISBN|81-8256-502-2}}), Beas: Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Diary excerpts.
*''In the Footsteps of the Master''. Biographical photograph album. Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1993.
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.rssb.org/ Radha Soami Satsang Beas]
*[http://www.mountainman.com.au/guru_ji.html The Science of the Soul - The Wisdom of Guru Ji]
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Gurinder Singh

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{{short description|Fifth and Present Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Sikhism]]
| alias = Hazur Baba Ji
| name = Gurinder Singh Dhillon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|year=1954|month=8|day=1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Moga, Punjab]]
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| image = Baba Gurinder Singh 8x10.jpg
| period = 1990–present
| predecessor = [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh]]
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| website = {{URL|https://www.rssb.org/}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Smt. Shabnam Dhillon||27 November 2019|end=died}}
| parents = Sardar Gurmukh Singh Dhillon (Father) Mata Mahinder Kaur (Mother)
| children = Gurpreet Singh Dhillon Gurkirat Singh Dhillon
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'''Gurinder Singh Dhillon''', also known as '''Baba Ji''' to his followers, is the [[guru|spiritual head]] of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] (RSSB). He succeeded [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh]], his uncle, in 1990.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oVQUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Gurinder+Singh%22++Radha+Soami+Satsang+Beas&dq=%22Gurinder+Singh%22++Radha+Soami+Satsang+Beas&lr=&cd=3 The encyclopedia of cults, sects, and new religions] James R. Lewis - 1998 - Page 395</ref> The headquarters of this spiritual community, called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, are located beside the [[river Beas]] near the town of [[Beas City|Beas, Punjab]], in northern India, and have been a centre for [[Satsang]] since 1891. RSSB has centres located worldwide.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

==Biography==
Gurinder Singh was born 1 August 1954, into a family of the [[Dhillon]] clan who were followers of the [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]]. His parents were Sardar Gurmukh Singh Dhillon and Mata Mahinder Kaur.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

He was educated at the [[Lawrence School, Sanawar]], in the Shimla Hills of [[Himachal Pradesh]],<ref>[http://www.radhasoamiji.in/babaji.html Sardar Gurinder Singh] at radhasoamiji.in, accessed 14 March 2012</ref> and obtained his bachelor's degree in Commerce from [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]]. He was in [[Spain]] working before coming back to India to accept his nomination as the next spiritual head of RSSB in 1990. He has two sons, namely Gurpreet Singh Dhillon and Gurkirat Singh Dhillon. Gurpreet Singh Dhillon is the CEO of Religare Health Trust (RHT).<ref>{{Cite web |title=RSSB.org |url=http://www.rssb.org/philosophy.php | access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref>

==Spiritual discourses==
The Dera, located in [[Beas City|Beas]], Punjab, is the designated home of the [[spiritual leader]] of the organization. Large crowds visit on designated days, usually on the weekends, to hear discourses from him. He also gives [[Satsang]] at other major centres of RSSB in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rssb.org/satsang_schedules.html|title=Satsang Programme|website= RSSB Official|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> He goes on tour to the various RSSB centres outside of India during the months of April–August.{{Citation needed|date = July 2020}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://rssb.org/ Radha Soami Satsang Beas]
*[http://scienceofthesoul.org/ Science of the Soul Research Centre]

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