Shiv Brat Lal
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Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal Verman ji (also famous as Data Dayal Maharishi ji) was born in Bhadohi
Distt of Uttar Pradesh
state in India
in 1860. He was a post graduate and a famous writer. It is believed that he wrote as much as 3000 books on various social, historical, religious and spiritual topics. Being a famous writer we was called as the modern Maharishi Ved Vyas
and hence became famous with the name Maharishi
ji.
to edit the 'Arya Gazette' - an Urdu
weekly. On August 1, 1907 he started his own magazine, 'Sadhu' and it acquired popularity very quickly. He became a famous writer and in his lifetime he edited and authored almost 3000 spiritual periodicals and books in Hindi
, Urdu
& English
on various social, historical, religious and spiritual topics. His books Light of Anand Yoga, Dayal Yoga and Shabd Yoga became very famous.
Some of Maharishi ji's famous books on Radha Soami spiritual movement:
on August 2, 1911. He reached Calcutta. On October 22, 1911 from Calcuta he proceeded towards Rangoon by sea. He reached Penang
on October 31 and reached Hong Kong
on November 22 via Singapore
and Java
. At all the places he was spreading the message of Radha Soami spiritual movement. After that he went to Japan
and later he went to San Francisco in America
and delivered two lectures in San Francisco.
in Gopi Ganj in Mirzapur
, Uttar Pradesh
, India
. His inspired discourses attracted seekers of Radha Soami
movement from all over the India and abroad. He died on February 23, 1939 at the age of seventy-nine. His holy Samādhi
stands at Radha Swami Dham, near Gopi Ganj.
Bhadohi
Bhadohi is a city ,Lok Sabha constituency and a municipal board in Sant Ravidas Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Also known as the "Carpet City", as it is home to the largest hand-knotted carpet weaving industry hubs in South Asia...
Distt of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
state in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 1860. He was a post graduate and a famous writer. It is believed that he wrote as much as 3000 books on various social, historical, religious and spiritual topics. Being a famous writer we was called as the modern Maharishi Ved Vyas
Vyasa
Vyasa is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa , or Krishna Dvaipayana...
and hence became famous with the name Maharishi
Maharishi
Maharishi is the anglicized version of the Sanskrit word Maharshi महर्षि . Maharishi is often use as an addition to a person's name as an honorary title. The term was first seen in modern English literature in the 18th century...
ji.
Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal ji as an author
As an editor he moved to LahoreLahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
to edit the 'Arya Gazette' - an Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
weekly. On August 1, 1907 he started his own magazine, 'Sadhu' and it acquired popularity very quickly. He became a famous writer and in his lifetime he edited and authored almost 3000 spiritual periodicals and books in Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
& English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
on various social, historical, religious and spiritual topics. His books Light of Anand Yoga, Dayal Yoga and Shabd Yoga became very famous.
Some of Maharishi ji's famous books on Radha Soami spiritual movement:
- 1) Light of Anand Yoga (English)
- 2) Dayal Yoga
- 3) Shabd Yoga
- 4) Radhaswami Yog: Part 1-6
- 5) Radhaswami Mat Parkash
- 6) Adbhut Upasana Yog: Part 1-2
- 7) Anmol Vichar
- 8) Dus Avtaron Ki Katha
- 9) Kabir Prichaya Adyagyan
- 10) Kabir Yog: Part 1-13
- 11) Kabir Bijak: Part 1-3
- 12) Karam Rahshya
- 13) Nanak Yog: Part 1-3
- 14) Panth Sandesh
- 15) Safalta Ke Sadhan
- 16) Sahaj Yog
- 17) Saptrishi Vartant
- 18) Sharanangati Yog
- 19) Satsang Ke Aath Vachan
- 20) Vayvahar Gyan Parkash
- 21) Vicharanjali
- 22) Vigyan Ramayana (Urdu)
- 23) Vigyan Krishnayana (Urdu)
Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal's World Trip
To spread Radha Soami spiritual movement he started his world trip from LahoreLahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
on August 2, 1911. He reached Calcutta. On October 22, 1911 from Calcuta he proceeded towards Rangoon by sea. He reached Penang
Penang
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
on October 31 and reached Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
on November 22 via Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Java
Java
Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
. At all the places he was spreading the message of Radha Soami spiritual movement. After that he went to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and later he went to San Francisco in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and delivered two lectures in San Francisco.
Ashram Foundation
In 1912 Shiv Bral Lal ji founded his ashramAshram
Traditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage. Additionally, today the term ashram often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction, the moral equivalent of a studio or dojo....
in Gopi Ganj in Mirzapur
Mirzapur
Mirzapur is a city in the heart of North India, nearly 650 km between Delhi and Kolkata and also equidistant from Allahabad and Varanasi. Located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur has a population of a little over 205,264 and is renowned for its famous carpet and brassware industry...
, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. His inspired discourses attracted seekers of Radha Soami
Radha Soami
Radhasoami is a philosophical organization originating in 19th century India, and considered by adherents as a true way to attain God realization...
movement from all over the India and abroad. He died on February 23, 1939 at the age of seventy-nine. His holy Samādhi
Samadhi
Samadhi in Hinduism, Buddhism,Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools is a higher level of concentrated meditation, or dhyāna. In the yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali....
stands at Radha Swami Dham, near Gopi Ganj.
Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal's Successors
His chief successors which carried his work forward were- Param Sant Master Ram Singh ji ArmanRam Singh ArmanParam Sant Arman Saheb ji, was born in a Yadav family of Jui Village in Haryana. He arrived on this planet on ninth of month Ausouj . He was a teacher by profession. -Radha Swami spiritual movement:...
(Arman Saheb ji) - Baba Faqir ChandBaba Faqir ChandBaba Faqir Chand, was an Indian master of Surat Shabd Yoga, or consciously controlled near death experience. He was the first Sant Mat guru to speak of overwhelming experience of certainty and the subjective projection of sacred forms without the conscious knowledge of the person at the center of...
ji of HoshiarpurHoshiarpurHoshiarpur is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourth century. In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab.... - Bhai Nandu Singh ji of Hyderabad
See also
- Radha SwamiRadha SoamiRadhasoami is a philosophical organization originating in 19th century India, and considered by adherents as a true way to attain God realization...
- Radha Swami Satsang, DinodRadha Swami Satsang, DinodThe Radha Swami faith was started by Param Sant Shiv Dayal Singh ji on Basant-Panchami day in January 1861. He manifested himself in a respectable family of Khatris at Agra on August 24, 1818. Radha Swami faith is built on the preachings of perfect Saint or true Guide and Preceptor Param Sant Shiv...
- Param Sant Shiv Dayal Singh jiShiv Dayal SinghSeth Shiv Dayal Singh was born on the 25th august. At the age of five, he was sent to school where he learnt Hindi, Urdu, Persian and Gurumukhi. He also acquired a working knowledge of Arabic and Sanskrit...
(Swami ji Maharaj) - Param Sant Rai Bahadur Saligram Sahib jiRai SaligramRai Bahadur Saligram ji, popularly known as Huzur Maharaj ji, was born in a Kayastha family of Peepal Mandi, Agra, on 14 March 1829. He served as chief inspector of post offices in India, and in 1881, promoted as the Postmaster General of the North-Western Provinces with headquarters at Allahabad...
(Hazur Maharaj ji) - Param Sant Master Ram Singh ji ArmanRam Singh ArmanParam Sant Arman Saheb ji, was born in a Yadav family of Jui Village in Haryana. He arrived on this planet on ninth of month Ausouj . He was a teacher by profession. -Radha Swami spiritual movement:...
(Arman Saheb ji) - Param Sant Tarachand jiSant TarachandParam Sant Tarachand ji Maharaj, popularly known as Bade Maharaj ji was born in a poor family in Dinod village of Haryana state. His spiritual cravings were very intense and started his search for the Supreme creator at early age of six. He liked the company of the mystics and saints very much. He...
(Bade Maharaj ji) - Param Sant Kanwar Saheb ji (Haal Hazur Maharaj ji)
- Bhagat Munshi RamBhagat Munshi RamBhagat Munshi Ram was born in the village Sundernagar, tehsil and district Sialkot, Punjab in the year 1906. He was assigned specific work of Guru in the year 1977 by putting a religious mark on the forehead, presenting 'turban' , Rs.5 and a coconut by Param Dayal Baba Faqir Chand ji Maharaj...
- Manav Dayal I.C.SharmaManav Dayal I.C.SharmaManav Dayal I.C.Sharma was a spiritual leader of Manavta Mandir Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. Baba Faqir Chand gave him work in his own place through his will dated 20-04-1980. Dr. Sharma was a great Indian philosopher and a professor of University of California, United States and India. He was also a...
- Manavta MandirManavta MandirManavta Mandir or Be Man Temple in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India was established in the year 1962 by Baba Faqir Chand . In order to carry forward the mission of his religion of humanity, Faqir, with the financial help from Seth Durga Das established the temple which remained his center of activity...
External links
- Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod Official website
- Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod Yahoo Group
- Wikimapia.com: Location of Dinod Ashram
- Wikimapia.com: Location of Bhiwani Ashram
- YouTube: Lineage of gurus in Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod
- YouTube: Life and Teachings of Tarachand ji (Part 1 to Part 10)
- YouTube: Star Temple at Dinod Ashram
- Faqir Chand: The Unknowing Sage
- Faqir Chand Meets the Tibetan Book of the Dead
- Shiv Bratl Lal's views on Inner Sound