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Monday, January 26, 2009
SANT RAJINDER SINGH JI MAHARAJ
| H.H. Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, head of Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission/Science of Spirituality, is internationally recognized for his work toward inner and outer peace through spirituality. He travels throughout the world, conducting meditation seminars, giving talks on inner enlightenment, and sharing his message through radio and television with millions of people. He has written several books and numerous articles about spirituality, which have been translated into many languages, among them Inner and Outer Peace through Meditation and Empowering Your Soul through Meditation, both published by Element Books. | |
| Actively committed to human unity and harmony, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj has been honored by religious leaders and heads of state worldwide. He sponsors and participates in interfaith activities in America, Europe, and India, where hundreds of thousands come together to focus on spirituality, human unity, and religious fellowship. Recognizing the transcendent oneness at the heart of all religions, he emphasizes prayer and meditation as the true building blocks for achieving peace. He spoke at the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, and, in 1994, at the World Conference on Religion and Peace in Italy. He was president of the Seventh World Religions Conference, held in 1994 in Delhi, India, where he was host to the first international, interfaith spiritual dialogue on the connection between prayer, meditation, and nonviolence. In 1995 in New York, he participated in programs honoring the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, during which he led 4000 people in meditation. He was president of the 16th International Human Unity Conference, held in India in September 1996 and attended by over 100,000 people representing 36 countries. He subsequently presided over the 17th IHUC in Colombia, South America, and the 18th IHUC held in Munich, Germany in October 1999. He convened the 19th IHUC in India where it was held concurrently with an international millennium celebration. In November 1999, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj was invited to speak at the United States Coast Guard Academy as part of a four-part series on leadership. In August 2000, he spoke at the United Nations in the General Assembly Hall at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, where he instructed everyone in the technique of meditation on the inner Light. Born in India, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj received his spiritual education from two of India's spiritual giants: Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj and Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj. He took his MS degree in engineering in the United States and had a distinguished 20-year career in science and communications. Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj presents spirituality clearly and directly. Advocating a balance between inner and outer life, he encourages people to fulfill their responsibilities to family and society while pursuing a spiritual life of inner contemplation and personal development. Dedicated to helping humanity, he says, "It is only when each individual has achieved inner peace that we will see lasting outer peace in the world. |
SANT DARSHAN SINGH JI MAHARAJ
| During his fifteen-year ministry, Dayal Purush Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj demonstrated how to put spirituality into action and attain spiritual fulfillment within the context of modern life. He believed in positive mysticism, pursuing spiritual goals, while fulfilling duties to family, society, and the world. During his four world tours, 1978, 1983, 1986, and 1988, he expanded the number of Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission/Science of Spirituality centers to five hundred fifty in forty countries. He helped people find peace, joy, and spiritual upliftment through meditation, while spreading love to all those around him. | |
| He worked tirelessly to spread the spiritual message of Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj and Param Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj throughout the world. Under his guidance, the literature of the Masters was translated into over fifty languages. Acclaimed as one of the world’s leading mystic poets writing in Urdu, he won four Urdu Academy Awards. The Dharmic Ramlila Committee also honored him for his poetry. The Government of India produced an anthology of mystic literature throughout the ages and included many of the gracious Master’s poems. His verses are still sung by recording artists and broadcast on radio and television. On 27th July 1980, he started Master’s Day, an international day of observance to be celebrated on the fourth Sunday of July, in which people of all religions join together to worship their own spiritual founders and saints. In 1981, he presided over the Sixth World Fellowship of Religions Conference and the Asian Conference of Religions for Peace. In 1988, he presided over the inaugural and concluding sessions of the Fifteenth International Human Unity Conference in Delhi. Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj received many tributes and civic honors for his work toward peace. In the United States, he was honored by the House of Representatives. In Colombia, he received the Medal of Congress; and he was given the keys to many cities throughout the world. In New York, he was invited to the United Nations to confer with Dr. Robert Muller, former assistant secretary general to the United Nations and co-founder of the University for Peace in Costa Rica. A pamphlet of their meeting and discussion was later published under the title, “Ambassadors of Peace,” and distributed worldwide. The gracious Master’s talks have been broadcast regularly to millions of youths in South America. Former President Giani Zail Singh visited him at Kirpal Ashram and participated in many conferences Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj sponsored. During the course of his ministry, he gave many people an opportunity to enrich their lives through meditation, initiating over 77,000 seekers into the Light and Sound of God. As a prism reflects the rays of the sun creating the various colors of the rainbow, Dayal Purush Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj reflected God's Light and Love to the world. Through his love, compassion, satsangs, tours, conferences, meetings with social, civic, and religious heads, writings, and sublime poetry, he touched the hearts of everyone he met. |
PARAM SANT KIRPAL SINGH JI MAHARAJ
| Param Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj, appointed by Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj as his successor, spread the teachings of Sant Mat all over the world through three world tours and travel in India. To make mysticism understood by people in the West, he presented spirituality as a science, one that could be practiced as an experiment within the laboratory of human body. | |
| He was a living example of a perfect human being. Full of love and compassion, he devoted his entire life to love of God and service to humanity. He demonstrated how it was possible to live a normal life in the world, attain spiritual enlightenment, and serve humanity. He devised an introspection diary for his initiates, a tool to help them analyze their lives in order to develop the qualities of nonviolence, truthfulness, purity, humility, and selfless service. During his mission, he initiated over 80,000 souls into the Mysteries of the Beyond. The great spiritual Master devoted himself to promoting human unity and world peace. In 1956 he gave the inaugural address to the Ninth General Session of UNESCO held in New Delhi, India. His speech, “World Peace in the Atomic Age,” is a road map for obtaining and maintaining world peace. At this time, religious leaders would not even sit together on the same platform. Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj’s ability to unite people of different religions based on the commonality of all faiths resulted in his being unanimously elected President of World Fellowship of Religions Conferences held in 1957, 1960, 1965, and 1970. These conferences brought heads of different religions together in order to understand one another in a spirit of love and respect. He founded Sawan Ashram in Delhi and in 1969 established Manav Kendra, a center to help people develop physically, mentally, and spiritually, while practicing service to humanity and the environment. In February 1974, the spiritual Master convened the first Unity of Man Conference (now called the Human Unity Conference) in Delhi, aimed at uniting people not only at the level of religion, but at the level of their common humanity. He taught that God is one, though called by different names in different countries and religions. It was his lifelong work to help break down the barriers that separated people and unite them as one common family. His books gained popularity and inspired people to develop spiritually. Among those are: Crown of Life; A study in Yoga; Prayer: Its Nature and Technique; and Naam or Word, all of which bring out the underlying similarities in different religions. Numerous religious, civic, and social heads honored his work. Param Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj was the first non-Christian to be awarded the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta. On his tours he met with Pope Paul VI in Rome where they exchanged views on world peace. In Colombia, South America, he addressed the Council of Cali. In India, many leaders came to him to share ideas on peace and unity. He met with Mr. Jawahar Lal Nehru and Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the first and second prime ministers of India, and Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, and Dr. Zakir Hussain, the first, second, and third presidents of India. He also met with Mrs. Indira Gandhi on several occasions. In August 1974, he addressed the Indian Parliament, giving them his message of peace and hope for the future of humanity. Today, Param Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj is recognized all over the world both as a great saint and as the father of human unity. |
HAZUR BABA SAWAN SINGH JI MAHARAJ
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. |
SAWN KIRPAL RUHANI MISSION
Deeper, richer, inner lives. A stronger sense of meaning and purpose. A more loving and peaceful world. From its centers around the world. Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission/Science of Spirituality strives to help individuals and communities achieve these cherished goals. A global non-profit spiritual organization, Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission/Science of Spirituality is made up of hundreds of thousands of individuals of all nationalities, races and faiths who are deeply committed to bettering themselves and the world through a spiritual way of living based on meditation and ethical values. | ||
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