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 Baba Sawan Singh (1858 - 1948) Second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (1903 - 1948)
Baba Sawan Singh (1858 - 1948) Second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (1903 - 1948)

Baba Sawan Singh (1858 - 1948), also know as "The Great Master," was the second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) from the death of Baba Jaimal Singh in 1903 until his death in 1948. [1] Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh succeeded him as the third RSSB Satguru. Image File history File links SawanSingh. ... Image File history File links SawanSingh. ... Satguru or Sadguru means true guru (Sanskrit सदगुरू sat=true), literally: true teacher. ... Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) was founded by Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj in 1891 at a site called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh on the West bank of the River Beas in the Punjab of Northern India. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Satguru or Sadguru means true guru (Sanskrit सदगुरू sat=true), literally: true teacher. ... Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) was founded by Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj in 1891 at a site called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh on the West bank of the River Beas in the Punjab of Northern India. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Other disciples who formed spiritual missions elsewhere include Sant Kirpal Singh, Baba Somanath, Pritam Das, and Mastanaji. A chart of this Sawan Singh and related lineages helps show the connections among Satgurus dating back to Shiv Dayal Singh. [2] As a group, this lineage often is referred to as Sant Mat, a movement of Surat Shabd Yoga, which includes esoteric teaching about the Shabd. Sant Kirpal Singh (6 February 1894–21 August 1974) was a Guru who was born in Sayyad Kasran, a part of the Punjab which now belongs to Pakistan. ... Shiv Dayal Singh This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Sant Mat translates from Hindi into English as The Religion of the Saints. ... Surat Shabd Yoga or Surat Shabda Yoga is a form of spiritual practice that is followed in the Sant Mat and many other related spiritual traditions. ... Etymology Esoteric is an adjective originating during Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from esôtero, the comparative form of esô: within. It is a word meaning anything that is inner and occult, a latinate word meaning hidden (from which... Shabd (Hindi:शब्द) is a movie released in 2005, produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, and directed by Leela Bajaj. ...


Notes and references

  1. ^  Sondhi, S. L. (Ed.) (1981). Radha Soami Satsang Beas: Origin and growth. Dera Baba Jaimal Singh: Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
  2. ^  Sant Mat - Surat Shabd Yoga: Contemporary Guru Lines & Branches

External links

  • The Saint: Sawan Singh

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