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{{Infobox religious biography | {{Infobox religious biography | ||
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| name = Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh | | name = Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji | ||
| image = RS-JagatSinghJi.jpg | | image = RS-JagatSinghJi.jpg | ||
| religion = | | religion = Sant Mat , [[ Radha Soami ]] | ||
| alias = Sardar Bahadur Ji | | alias = Sardar Bahadur Ji | ||
| location = | | location = Punjab | ||
| Title = [[Sant (religion)|Sant]] | | Title = [[Sant (religion)|Sant]] | ||
| Period = 1948 - 1951 | | Period = 1948 - 1951 | ||
| Predecessor = | | Predecessor = [[Sawan Singh|Baba Sawan Singh]] | ||
| Successor = | | Successor = [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh]] | ||
| ordination = | | ordination = | ||
| post = | | post = Satguru | ||
| birth_date = 27 July 1884 | | birth_date = 27 July 1884 | ||
| birth_place = Nussi, Jalandhar, Punjab | | birth_place = Nussi, Jalandhar, Punjab | ||
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| website = rssb.org | | website = rssb.org | ||
}} | }} | ||
Born into a prosperous Sikh farming family in the Punjab of India, '''Baba Jagat Singh Ji Maharaj''' (1884-1951) became a Surat Shabd Yoga practitioner and initiate of the [[Sant (religion)|Sant]] and [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] [[Satguru|Guru]] Baba [[Sawan Singh]]. 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 [[Rao Bahadur|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 Baba Lasoori Shah 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> | |||
Born into a prosperous Sikh farming family in the Punjab of India, '''Baba Jagat Singh Ji''' (1884-1951) became a | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Baba Jagat Singh Klare 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 mother Bibi Daya Kaur died when he was five years old. He was raised by his 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> | Baba Jagat Singh Klare 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 mother Bibi Daya Kaur died when he was five years old. He was raised by his 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== | ==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 Clare and the Judge Rai Sahib Munshi Ram to hear his future guru, who was still in service there, deliver [[satsang]]. | 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 Clare 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> | 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== | ==Demise== | ||
He died on the morning of 23 October 1951. Before he died he appointed Sardar Maharaj [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Charan Singh]] as his spiritual successor in a written will. | He died on the morning of 23 October 1951. Before he died he appointed Sardar Maharaj [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Charan Singh]] as his spiritual successor in a written will. | ||
==References on his life and teachings == | |||
==References on his life and teachings== | *Jagat Singh, ''Discourses on Sant Mat'', volume 2. Compiled translated talks. {{ISBN|81-8256-710-6}} | ||
*Jagat Singh, ''Science of the Soul'', Beas: Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Compiled translated excerpts from talks and letters. {{ISBN|978-81-8256-914-0}} | |||
* Jagat Singh, ''Discourses on Sant Mat'', volume 2. Compiled translated talks. {{ISBN|81-8256-710-6}} | *Kapur, Daryai Lal, ''Heaven on Earth'', Beas: Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1986. Historical narrative. {{ISBN|978-81-8256-122-9}} | ||
* Jagat Singh, ''Science of the Soul'', Beas: Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Compiled translated excerpts from talks and letters. {{ISBN|978-81-8256-914-0}} | *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. | ||
* Kapur, Daryai Lal, ''Heaven on Earth'', Beas: Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1986. Historical narrative. {{ISBN|978-81-8256-122-9}} | *''In the Footsteps of the Master''. Biographical photograph album. Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1993. | ||
* 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== | ==Notes== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.rssb.org/ Radha Soami Satsang Beas] | *[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] | *[http://www.mountainman.com.au/guru_ji.html The Science of the Soul - The Wisdom of Guru Ji] | ||
{{Modern Sikh writers}} | {{Modern Sikh writers}} | ||
{{Authority control}} | {{Authority control}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jagat Singh}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagat Singh}} | ||
[[Category:Surat Shabd Yoga]] | [[Category:Surat Shabd Yoga]] | ||