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Radhasoami (also Radhasoami Satsang) was founded in 1861 by Shri Shiv Dayal Singh Sahab who preached that human beings could reach God realization only through listening to the shabad / shabd (sound), or nam (name), of the Lord. Shiv Dayal Singh, founder of Radhasoami Satsang in 1861 Soamiji Maharaj Shiv Dayal Singh (1818–1878) (also known as Siva Dayal Sahib), the first Satguru of Radhasoami, was born August 25, 1818, into a khatri family, residing in Panni Gali, Agra, India. ... Shabd (Hindi:शब्द) is a movie released in 2005, produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, and directed by Leela Bajaj. ...


Following the departure of the founder in 1878, a number of splits of the movement occurred, apparently because Soami Ji Maharaj (the name given to Dayal Singh by his followers) did not name a successor. Three of the main branches that emerged from these splits are:

An offshoot of the Radha Soami spiritual tradition in northern India. ... This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ... Amritsar (Punjabi: ), meaning Pool of the Nectar of Immortality, is the administrative headquarter of the Amritsar District in Punjab, India. ... Agra   (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎), (IPA: ) finds mention in the epic Mahabharata when it was called Agrabana are Paradise. ... Delhi   (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎, Punjabi: ) is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million. ...

Meaning of the term "Radhasoami"

In simple words, "Radhasoami" means tie to God with the help of living master in this very life. No doubt that God will meet us the last day of our life , we will and surely meet in this very life.


Other meanings includes the reversal path of the divine light via Khand or divisions... as the word Radha when inverted forms Dhara, meaning flow ( also divine flow) and Swami meaning the master. The purpose and concept of the RadhaSwami mat is union of this divine flow with its original master. This is done through Surat Shabd Yoga. Others explain that it is not a Varnatmak name (that is, an approximate reproduction in human speech of the cosmic sound), but a Dhunyatmak name which can be heard internally through spiritual practice. (Aum, or Om, is a commonly known example of a Varnatmak name.) One way to explain Varnatmak Nam is to liken it to onomatopoeia, that commonly used poetic device, where engines are said to whirr, doors are slammed, bells ring and pagers beep. Except that, in this case, the Dhunatmak sound one is referring to with Varnatmak Nam is not physical, but spiritual. 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. ... Om redirects here. ... Look up onomatopoeia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


See also

Contemporary Sant Mat movements are esoteric religious movemenst active in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and especially India. ... 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. ...

Sources

  • ^  Larson, Gerald J. India's Agony Over Religion (1995). p.136. SUNY Press (State University of New York) ISBN 0-7914-2411-1

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Radha Soami Satsang Beas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (391 words)
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.
Jaimal Singh was one of six spiritual successors of Shiv Dayal Singh, the first Satguru of “Radhasoami Faith,” often referred to as Sant Mat, a movement of Surat Shabd Yoga, which includes esoteric teaching about the Shabd.
The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of World Religions, defines Radha Soami as "the union of the soul with God, the name of God, and the sound heard internally that emanates from God".
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Because the guru is the source of revelation and the means of salvation there must be an unbroken line of gurus.
The second guru of the original Radhasoami group, Rai Saligram Sahib Bahadur, wrote Radha Soami Mat Prakash, Exposition of Radha Soami Doctrine.
His tomb is in the Radha Soami Garden in Agra.
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