Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj’s search for a spiritual teacher led him to Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj (1838–1903), initiate of and spiritual successor to Swami Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj (1818–1878) of Agra. In 1894 Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj granted Hazur Naamdan, after which Hazur devotedly applied himself to meditation and the spiritual values of life. In 1903, before Baba Jaimal Singh left the physical world, he chose Hazur to carry on the spiritual work. | |
| Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj was a reformer of unique importance. He laid stress on honest livelihood, and He Himself lived on His own pension, never accepting gifts from anyone not even from His disciples. Hazur initiated souls onto the path of Surat Shabd Yoga or Sultan-ul-Azkar, the ancient and eternal path leading to Reality. His teachings were esoteric: God is in every heart; spirituality is the common heritage of humankind, not reserved for any particular country or nationality; and the goal of spirituality is the union of the soul with God. During Hazur’s mission, these teachings gained widespread recognition as a natural way of achieving the spiritual goals of self-knowledge and God-realization. His initiates numbered 125,000. Those who visited him from the West carried his meditation practice back with them, and centers were established in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Several books about Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj became well known in the West and attracted many who were interested in learning meditation on the inner Light and Sound. |
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