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Radha Soami Satsang Beas


Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) is a spiritual nonprofit organization dedicated to a process of inner development under the guidance of a spiritual teacher. It is headed by Baba Gurinder Singh. The main centre of RSSB is at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh Ji, located on the banks of the Beas River, in the northern India state of Punjab. Although RSSB is not defined as a religion, the organization's fundamental teachings are not in direct conflict with those of other world faiths.

Gate No 5 of the dera, it the most common entrance for vehicles and people entering the dera.
The satsang shed located at Beas. All the satsangs and bhandaras are held here.

It owns a number of properties worldwide called Science of the Soul Study Centres, where meetings are held. The centres are constructed and maintained primarily by volunteers.[1] The group teaches a personal path of spiritual development which includes a vegetarian diet, abstinence from intoxicants, a moral way of life and the practice of daily meditation.[2]

Establishment of the Dera at BeasEdit

RSSB was founded in India in 1891.Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji gave initiation to Baba Jaimal Singh in 1856 then he started meditating for many days on the bank of river Beas. Started as a mere mud hut on the banks of river beas the land under the organization began to grow as the movement spread and followers increased.

Radha Soami is a Hindi expression meaning "Lord of the Soul" in English. Satsang means "association with truth".[2]

LineageEdit

The lineage of the spiritual heads at RSSB is as follows:-

  • Baba Gurinder Singh Ji, the follower of Maharaj Charan Singh Ji who succeeded him as the spiritual head of RSSB. He is the present spiritual head of the RSSB.

  • Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj, the founder of the Radha Soami movement and the spiritual Master of Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj, the founder of RSSB.

  • Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji, the follower of Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj who succeeded him and became the next spiritual head of RSSB.He remained in office from 1903 to 1948.

  • Maharaj Charan Singh Ji, the follower of Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji, who succeeded Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji as spiritual head of RSSB. He remained in office from 1951 to 1990.

  • Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji, the follower of Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji who succeeded him and became the spiritual head of RSSB.He remained in office from 1948 to 1951.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Science of the Soul". www.rssb.org. RSSB. 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Radha Soami Satsang Beas". www.rssb.org. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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