Radha Soami (also Radhasoami Satsang or Radhaswami) is a faith that has followers among both Hindus and Sikhs. It was founded in 1861 by Shiv Dayal Singh who preached that human beings could reach God realization only through listening to the shabad (sound), or nam (name), of the Lord. Shiv Dayal Singh This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...
One sometimes comes across attempts to explain the name Radhasoami, the most common of these including plays on the words Radha (a devotee of Krishna) and Swami. The word Radhasoami has no meaning. It is a Dhunyatmak name, that is, an approximate reproduction in human speech of the cosmic sound that reverberates through the Creation, which can be heard internally through spiritual practice. (Aum, or Om, is a commonly known example of a Dhunyatmak name.)
Following the passing away 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. The three branches are:
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 0791424111
Radhasoami is the Supreme Being who appeared in the world as Sant Satguru, the perfect saint and guru, who taught the practice of Surat Sabda Yoga, the yoga or union of the surat, soul, with the sabda, the spirit-current or word.
Radhasoami presides over a three plane universe, like the Buddhist conception, and each plane is divided into six divisions.
The Radhasoami movement has continued to splinter into more groups in India, Europe, and the U.S., and there are now many independent groups with their own gurus.
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